Plain Clothes and Sleuths
A History of Detectives in Britain
Social & Industrial History
Crime
Stephen Wade
Tempus 2007
Hardback 192 pages Illustrated 
0752441868 | 9780752441863 |  Product code: 77612  
Sir Robert Peel's professional police force was formed in 1829 to replace the previous inefficient and corrupt system. But the subtler arts of detection were a little longer in coming, as the police came to realize the effectiveness of this different kind of deterrent. Wade explores the gradual refinement of both police and private investigators' skills, examining landmark cases such as Jack the Ripper and drawing on official training manuals and little-known memoirs of retired detectives.
 
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