Crime Museum Uncovered
Subtitle: Inside Scotland Yard's Special Collection
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781781300411
Subjects: Great britain, metropolitan police office; Crime, great britain; Criminal investigation
Description: "This October - for the first time ever - never-before-seen-objects from the Metropolitan Police's Crime Museum will go on public display in a major new exhibition opening at the Museum of London. Using original evidence from this extraordinary collection, The Crime Museum Uncovered willl unlock real-life case files to take the reader on an uneasy journey through some of the UK's most notorious crimes from Dr Crippen to the Krays, the Great Train Robbery to the Millennium Dome diamond heist. Giving voice to the real people behind these objects the book will consider the changing nature of crime and advances in detection over the last 140 years, as well as the challenges faced in policing the capital, such as terrorism, drugs and rioting."--Bloomsbury Publishing.