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The Scotland Yard Files: Milestones in Crime Detection
As the ingenuity of criminals has developed over time, so have the techniques for catching them. The murderer Dr. Crippen's attempted getaway was foiled by the first use of radio at sea, and fingerprint evidence first secured a conviction as far back as 1902. Keith Skinner, a leading crime historian, and Alan Moss, a former Chief Superintendent, have trawled through the ar...more
Hardcover, 191 pages
Published
December 8th 2007
by National Archives of England
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Claire
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The 'official' versions of some of the Met's most famous (and not so famous) cases, sourced from official documents deposited at the National Archives. There's not an awful lot of new stuff here, but this is a good introduction to the history of crime and policing in London.
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