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detection and detectives  

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  • Along with prevention of crime, detection of the criminal is an essential police function. Before modern patrol forces developed in England and the United States, all police who operated during the daytime were detectives. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Detection and Detectives]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GT7SN4LS-R

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