Patrick Colquhoun

Standard Name: Colquhoun, Patrick

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1796: Patrick Colquhoun argued in his Treatise...

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1796

Patrick Colquhoun argued in his Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis that the number of prostitutes in London was numbered in thousands.

By November 1802: The Society for the Suppression of Vice was...

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By November 1802

The Society for the Suppression of Vice was founded in London and grew into the gap left by the Proclamation Society ; ironically, it was often called the Vice Society.

1806: Patrick Colquhoun published A Treatise on...

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1806

Patrick Colquhoun published A Treatise on Indigence, exhibiting a general view of the national resources for productive labour.

1816: The Select Committee on Police heard from...

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1816

The Select Committee on Police heard from Patrick Colquhoun that prostitutes derive a considerable proportion of their subsistence by the robbery of those who come into contact with them.
Tobias, John Jacob. Urban Crime in Victorian England. Shocken Books.
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