Known to the Police by Thomas Holmes

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Author Holmes, Thomas, 1846-1918
LoC No. 09009569
Title Known to the Police
Contents Preface -- Memories and contrasts -- Some burglars I have met -- The black list and inebriates -- Police-court marriages -- Extraordinary sentences -- Discharged prisoners -- The last dread penalty -- Housing the poor -- The hooliganism of the poor -- The heroism of the slums -- A pennyworth of coal -- Old boots and shoes -- Jonathan Pinchbeck, the slum Autolycus -- People who have "come down."
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Language English
LoC Class HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
Subject Crime -- England -- London
Subject Poor -- England -- London
Subject Police -- England -- London
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EBook-No. 55847
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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