Project Gutenberg 2010-05-17 Public domain in the USA. 192 Defoe, Daniel 1731 Defo, Daniel John, Gabriel Moreton, Andrew Defoë, Daniel Second Thoughts are Best: Or a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to Prevent Street Robberies Produced by Steven Gibbs, Richard J. Shiffer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Second Thoughts are Best: Or a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to Prevent…" by Andrew Moreton, Esq. is a socio-political treatise written in the early 18th century. This book proposes a series of reforms intended to significantly increase public safety in urban environments, specifically addressing the issue of street robberies in London. Moreton emphasizes the need for a well-structured watch system and the regulation of certain societal behaviors to mitigate criminal activities. The book outlines Moreton's comprehensive plan to improve street safety and reduce crime. He criticizes the inadequacy of the current watchmen, advocating for stronger, better-paid individuals to patrol the city more effectively. Moreton also suggests illuminating the streets to deter criminals and presents a variety of legislative reforms aimed at addressing the root causes of crime, such as excessive drinking and poor economic conditions. He argues that societal reform, including a focus on moral behavior, is essential for reducing the number of criminals. Moreton's approach is both practical and reformative, ultimately seeking to return London to its status as a safe and orderly city. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 58.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Robbery -- Great Britain HV Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology Category: History - British Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Law & Criminology Category: Politics 58603 2025-06-13T09:29:07.200440 text/html 55832 2021-01-06T14:39:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 20857 2021-01-06T14:39:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 125212 2025-06-13T09:29:13.889410 application/epub+zip 123501 2025-06-13T09:29:11.145426 application/epub+zip 90582 2025-06-13T09:29:09.774419 application/epub+zip 331296 2025-06-13T09:29:15.895394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 320832 2025-06-13T09:29:13.016423 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 163688 2022-09-15T04:32:35.529798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 49161 2025-06-13T09:29:06.878443 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 48971 2021-01-06T14:39:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19096 2021-01-06T14:39:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18891 2025-06-13T09:29:16.045390 application/rdf+xml 25333 2025-06-13T09:29:10.330414 image/jpeg 4696 2025-06-13T09:29:10.056410 image/jpeg 122960 2025-06-13T09:29:07.208429 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Johnson, Charles en.wikipedia