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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Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
Jack Sheppard: An 18th-century working class hero
How one young criminal became a working class hero by escaping London prisons four times.
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The Kray Twins: Notorious east London gangsters
Dangerous and famous in the Swinging Sixties
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
Elizabeth Fry: Pioneering prison reformer
Fry’s injection of kindness transformed the prison experience for Victorian women
