Among the many peculiarities of early New South Wales was the absence of a police force to manage a population largely composed of convicted criminals. Instead, the early Governors were forced to employ trusted convicts and ex-convicts to act as watchmen and constables and police their fellows. This article explores the history of these neglected convict police in the context of the contemporary development of modern policing in the British world. Using a case-study of a crack-down on illicit distilling under Governor King in 1805–1806, I demonstrate that the convict police were both surprisingly effective and prone to corruption, reflecting the legacy of British policing traditions and the influence of reformist ideas.

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定罪警察和执行英国秩序：监管新南威尔士州早期的朗姆酒经济

早期新南威尔士州的许多特点之一是缺乏警察部队来管理主要由被定罪的罪犯组成的人口。取而代之的是，早期的州长们被迫聘请值得信赖的罪犯和前罪犯担任守望者和警员，并监督他们的同胞。本文在英国世界现代警务发展的背景下探讨了这些被忽视的罪犯警察的历史。通过对 1805 年至 1806 年金总督打击非法蒸馏的案例研究，我证明了定罪警察的效率惊人且容易腐败，反映了英国警察传统的遗产和改革主义思想的影响。