The encyclopedia article on the Bow Street Runners, founded 1749 by Henry Fielding as Londons first professional police force. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Citation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners
Source TypeEncyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
General encyclopedia: useful for uncontested factual detail, not a primary or scholarly source. Sources
Wikipedia: Bow Street Runners
Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)
This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Criminal Justice Institutions, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
- Criminologists and Reformers, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Well-attested
10Criminal Justice Institutions
Criminologists and Reformers
Scholarly debate
1Criminal Justice Institutions
Holds
2Criminal Justice Institutions
General References
3Criminal Justice Institutions
Criminologists and Reformers
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