Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
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Fashion & Style
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The Forty Elephants: South London’s supreme shoplifters
How an all-women clan of career criminals hounded West End department stores
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Changing London: A view from inside Pentonville Prison
From behind the walls of HMP Pentonville, these men share their views of London after the Second World War
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
Elizabeth Fry: Pioneering prison reformer
Fry’s injection of kindness transformed the prison experience for Victorian women
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Jack Sheppard: Jack Sheppard Seated in His Cell, Newgate (pen, ink and wash with white highlights)
Thornhill, James
1724
