Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain.
Private individuals paid a 'bounty' or reward for catching criminals, which often led to corruption before the system was professionalised.
Thief-takers appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Crime and Punishment in Britain and Whitechapel, especially Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain and Nature of Law Enforcement and Punishment.
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