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Wikipedia: Bow Street Runners

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The encyclopedia article on the Bow Street Runners, founded 1749 by Henry Fielding as Londons first professional police force.

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Citation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Street_Runners
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
General encyclopedia: useful for uncontested factual detail, not a primary or scholarly source.
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Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)

This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Criminal Justice Institutions, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Criminologists and Reformers, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.

Well-attested

9

Criminal Justice Institutions

Criminologists and Reformers

Scholarly debate

1

Criminal Justice Institutions

Holds

1

Criminal Justice Institutions

General References

3

Criminal Justice Institutions

Criminologists and Reformers

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