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Books written about Victorian London's police force and methods of detection. Includes contemporary biographies and autobiographies of several high-ranking members of the force.

Police and Forensic Science

Days of My Years
Days of My Years
Days of My Years
Macnaghten, Sir Melville Leslie
Longmans & Green, 1914

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Fingerprints : The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science
Fingerprints : The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science
Fingerprints : The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science
Beaven, Colin
Hyperion, 2001

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From Constable to Commissioner
From Constable to Commissioner
From Constable to Commissioner
Smith, Sir Henry
Chatto & Windus, 1910

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Lighter Side of My Official Life, The
Lighter Side of My Official Life, The
Lighter Side of My Official Life, The
Anderson, Sir Robert, K.C.B.
Hodder and Stoughton, 1910

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Sir Robert Anderson and Lady Agnes Anderson
Sir Robert Anderson and Lady Agnes Anderson
Sir Robert Anderson and Lady Agnes Anderson
A.P. Moore-Anderson
Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1947

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