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100 1  Lock, Joan. 
245 10 Scotland Yard's first cases|h[Hoopla electronic resource] 
       /|cJoan Lock. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bW F Howes,|c2018. 
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511 1  Read by Richard Fox. 
520    When Scotland Yard's first detective branch was set up in 
       1842, crime was very different from today. The favoured 
       murder weapon was the cut-throat razor; carrying a pocket 
       watch was dangerous; the most significant clue at a murder
       scene could be the whereabouts of a candlestick or a hat; 
       large households (family, servants and lodgers) 
       complicated many a case and servants sometimes murdered 
       their masters. Detectives had few aids and suffered many 
       disadvantages. The bloody handprints found at two early 
       murder scenes were of no help, there being no way of 
       telling whether blood (or hair) was human or animal. 
       Fingerprinting was fifty years away, DNA profiling another
       hundred and photography was too new to help with 
       identification. The detectives had no transport and were 
       expected to walk the first three miles on any enquiry 
       before catching an omnibus or cab and trying to recoup the
       fares. All reports had to be handwritten with a dip pen 
       and ink and the only means of keeping in contact with 
       colleagues and disseminating information was by post, 
       horseback or foot. In spite of these handicaps and severe 
       press criticism, the detectives achieved some significant 
       successes. Joan Lock includes such classic cases as the 
       First Railway Murder, as well as many fascinating fresh 
       reports, weaving in new developments like the electric 
       telegraph against a background of authentic Victorian 
       police procedure. Charles Dickens said that Scotland Yard 
       detectives gave the impression of leading lives of strong 
       mental excitement. Listeners of this audiobook will 
       understand why… 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
610 10 Great Britain.|bMetropolitan Police Office|xHistory. 
650  0 Police|zEngland|zLondon|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Crime|zEngland|zLondon|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Criminology|zEngland|zLondon|xHistory|y19th century. 
700 1  Fox, Richard. 
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