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police and prosecutors memoirs  

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  • Memoirs written by police officers and prosecutors have a long history in Europe and the United States. In the United States, the rise of the modern city created an environment in which the memoirs of tough, crusading criminal justice professionals echoed the narratives in the mass media about crime and crime fighters. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Memoirs, Police and Prosecutors]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LLDCSFSJ-X

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