This is a famous 1729 pamphlet by Daniel Defoe that he wrote under the name of Andrew Moreton Esq., portrayed as a disgruntled middle-class older man deeply concerned about the increase in criminality around the 1720s. He inquired about social and moral issues like the increase in highway robberies, the inefficiency of the night watch, the "infestation" of prostitutes, beggars, etc.
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