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Pictures and Problems from London Police Courts (version 2)

The author spent twenty years as a "police court missionary" (the forerunner of the modern probation officer) for the London courts. He tells us that he sat down and "cried like a child" at the end of his first day, but eventually he came to realise that "a field for the study of human nature is opened up, and nowhere in the wide world is there a field equal to it". A sympathetic man with a self-deprecating sense of humour. NOTE: A "ticket-of-leave" was a form of parole document given to a prisoner to allow him or her limited freedom outside the prison. - Summary by Peter Yearsley

Year of Publication: 1902Genres: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology),Modern (19th C)

Running Time: 08 hours 31 minutes 18 seconds(15 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Peter Yearsley

#	Chapter Name
	Chapter 1: How I became a police court missionary Peter Yearsley	30:43
	Chapter 2: In Lambeth police court Peter Yearsley	19:05
	Chapter 3: A change for the better Peter Yearsley	36:42
	Chapter 4: Husbands and wives Peter Yearsley	47:07
	Chapter 5: Parents and children Peter Yearsley	44:32
	Chapter 6: Record-breakers: Jane Cakebread Peter Yearsley	30:13
	Chapter 7: Record-breakers: Kate Henessey Peter Yearsley	50:17
	Chapter 8: Among dipsomaniacs Peter Yearsley	36:39
	Chapter 9: Criminals - part one Peter Yearsley	34:39
	Chapter 9: Criminals - part two Peter Yearsley	32:59
	Chapter 10: Cranks Peter Yearsley	43:06
	Chapter 11: The Arcadians and some account of the 'Gubbins' Peter Yearsley	17:37
	Chapter 12 - How the poor live - and die - part one Peter Yearsley	31:04
	Chapter 12 - How the poor live - and die - part two Peter Yearsley	28:59
	Chapter 13 - The problem of home workers Peter Yearsley	27:36