Charles Edward Williams Reith (27 November 1886 - 7 February 1957) was a Scottish police historian, best known for distilling the thought ofRobert Peel intonine principles in his 1948 bookA short history of the British police.^[1] He worked inSri Lanka as atea- andrubber- planter, where he joined theCeylon Planters Rifle Corps and on its disbandment rose to Captain in theIndian Army Reserve of Officers.^[2]

• An Ensign of the19th Foot. A novel, etc, 1925^[3]
• The Police Idea, 1938^[3]
• Police Principles and the Problem of War, 1940^[3]
• British Police and the Democratic Ideal, 1943^[3]
• A short history of the British police, 1948^[3]
• Comparative systems of law-enforcement, 1948^[3]
• The Blind Eye of History. A study of the origins of the present police era, 1952^[3]
• A New Study of Police History, 1956^[3]

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