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King, Peter (2006). Crime and law in England, 1750-1850: remaking justice from the margins. Past and Present Publications. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

King, Pete (2000). Crime, Justice and Discretion in England 1740-1820. UK: Oxford University Press.

King, Peter ed. (2006). Narratives of the poor in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Volume 4 Institutional responses: the refuge for the destitute. London, UK: Pickering and Chatto.

Hitchcock, Tim; King, Pete and Sharpe, Pam eds. (1997). Chronicling Poverty: The Voices and Strategies of the English Poor 1640-1840. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

King, Pete (2006). Destitution, desperation and delinquency. Female petitions to the London Refuge for the Destitute 1805-1830. In: Gestrich, A; King, S and Raphael, L eds. Being Poor in Modern Europe: Institutions, Surveillance and Experiences. Bern: Peter Lang, pp. 157–178.

King, Peter (2004). Social inequality, identity and the labouring poor in eighteenth-century England. In: French, Harry and Barry, Jonathan eds. Identity and Agency in English Society 1500-1800. Ashgate: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 60–86.

King, Pete (2003). Moral panics and violent street crime 1750-2000: A comparative perspective. In: Godfrey, Barry; Emsley, Clive and Dunstall, Graeme eds. Comparative Histories of Crime. UK: Willan, pp. 53–71.

King, Peter (2002). War as a judicial resource. Press gangs and prosecution rates, 1740-1830. In: Landau, Norma ed. Law, Crime and English Society 1660-1840. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 97–116.

King, Pete (1999). Gender, crime and justice in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century England. In: Arnot, Meg and Usborne, Cornelie eds. Gender and Crime in Modern Europe. UK: Routledge, pp. 44–74.

King, Pete (1997). Pauper inventories and the material life of the poor in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In: Hitchcock, Tim; King, Pete and Sharpe, Pam eds. Chronicling Poverty: The Voices and Strategies of the English Poor 1640-1840. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 72–98.

King, Peter (2009). Making crime news: newspapers, violent crime and the selective reporting of Old Bailey trials in the late eighteenth century. Crime, History and Societies, 13(1) pp. 91–116.

King, Peter (2007). Newspaper reporting and attitudes to crime and justice in late eighteenth and early nineteeth century London. Continuity and Change, 22(1) pp. 73–112.

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King, Peter (2004). The Summary courts and social relations in eighteenth-century England. Past and Present, 183(1) pp. 125–172.

King, Pete (1999). Locating histories of crime: A bibliographical study. British Journal of Criminology, 39(1) pp. 161–174.

King, Pete (1998). The rise of juvenile delinquency in England 1780-1840, Changing patterns of perception and prosecution, past and present. Past and Present, 160(1) pp. 116–166.

King, Pete (1996). Female offenders, work and life-cycle change in late-eighteenth-century London. Continuity and Change, 11(1) pp. 61–90.

King, Pete (1996). Punishing assault: The transformation of attitudes in the English courts. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 27(1) pp. 43–74.

King, Pete (1996). Edward Thompson's contribution to eighteenth-century studies. The patrician-plebeian model re-examined. Social History, 21(2) pp. 215–228.