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Pictures and Problems from London Police Courts

Thomas Holmes served for 20 years as a police court missionary for the London courts. Police court missionaries, often sponsored by temperance unions, were the predecessors to today’s probation officers. Their role was to get convicted criminals back on the straight and narrow, and to help them stay there. In his years in this job, Holmes got a very close look at the causes of crime, and to the difficulty people had in staying back out of the courts once in the system. Chief among the causes he observed were alcoholism (what was then called dipsomania), poverty, and domestic violence. In this book, originally published in 1900, Holmes tells real-life stories of the people he encountered in the system and the beliefs about crime he developed as a result. Well over a century later, many of the issues still sound familiar. - Summary by Verla Viera

Year of Publication: 1902Genres: Law

Running Time: 08 hours 39 minutes 31 seconds(23 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Dave Campbell, David Muncaster, jenno

#	Chapter Name
	Preface and Preface to the New Edition George Banfield	4:32
	Chapter I, How I Became a Police Court Missionary Dave Campbell	28:36
	Chapter II, In Lambeth Police Court Tom Shoesmith	16:57
	Chapter III, A Change for the Better Tom Shoesmith	32:31
	Chapter IV, Husbands and Wives, Part 1 jonbuder	20:10
	Chapter IV, Husbands and Wives, Part 2 jonbuder	21:29
	Chapter V, Parents and Children, Part 1 Steve C	33:22
	Chapter V, Parents and Children, Part 2 Steve C	26:11
	Chapter VI, Record Breakers: Jane Cakebread April6090	29:49
	Chapter VII, Record Breakers: Kate Henessey, Part 1 Dave Campbell	25:02
	Chapter VII, Record Breakers: Kate Henessey, Part 2 Dave Campbell	21:41
	Chapter VIII, Among Dipsomaniacs, Part 1 David Muncaster	25:27
	Chapter VIII, Among Dipsomaniacs, Part 2 David Muncaster	14:57
	Chapter IX, Criminals, Part 1 jenno	25:54
	Chapter IX, Criminals, Part 2 jenno	24:01
	Chapter IX, Criminals, Part 3 jenno	18:37
	Chapter X, Cranks, Part 1 Dave Campbell	18:42
	Chapter X, Cranks, Part 2 Dave Campbell	23:57
	Chapter XI, The Arcadians and Some Account of the ‘Gubbins’ Jonathan Holdsworth	16:07
	Chapter XII, How the Poor Live – And Die, Part 1 Peter Yearsley	24:48
	Chapter XII, How the Poor Live – And Die, Part 2 Peter Yearsley	22:32
	Chapter XII, How the Poor Live – And Die, Part 3 Peter Yearsley	15:31
	Chapter XIII, The Problem of Home Workers David Muncaster	28:38