- Day and night in the wynds of Edinburgh (1849) – George Bell
- Blackfriars’ Wynd analyzed (1850) – George Bell
- A plea on behalf of drunkards and against drunkenness (1850) – Dr Thomas Guthrie
- Carruber Close Mission – Its Planting and First Fruits (1860) – James Gall
- Our Convicts (1864) – Mary Carpenter
- Curiosites of Crime During the Last 30 Years (1860) – James McLevy
- Curiosities of Crime The Sliding Scale of Life (1861) – James McLevy
- Sketch of the history of the High Constables of Edinburgh : with notes on the early watching, cleaning, and other police arrangements of the city (1865) – James D. Marwick
- Autobiography of Thomas Guthrie (1874) – Thomas Guthrie
- The emergence of modern civil police in Scotland: a case study of the police and systems of police in Edinburghshire 1800-1833. (1997) John McGowan
- Narrow Nowhere Universes, Child Rape and Convict Transportation in Scotland and Van Diemen’s Land, 1839-1853 (2007) Tom Dunning
- Police in the Age of Improvement: police development and the civic tradition in Scotland, 1775-1865 (2009) – David Barrie
James McLevy 