1. Knowing the outlaw -- 2. The many myths of Robin Hood -- 3. Pirate utopianism -- 4. Robbers and romantics -- 5. Outlaws and the frontier -- 6. The Mafia -- 7. Modern bandits -- 8. The counter culture and organization -- 9. Popular political economy.

This paper evaluates the effect on crime of creating a fundamental modern-day institution: centralized professional police forces tasked with preventing crime. We study the 1829 formation of the London Metropolitan Police - the first professional force worldwide. Using newly digitized and...