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5 Results with the "Mid-20th Century" tag


  • The Rise of the Information State Thumbnail

    Crime Records, Statistics, and Early Intelligence Systems By the late nineteenth century the task of policing was no longer limited to patrolling streets or arresting offenders. Governments were beginning to realise that maintaining order also depended on understanding patterns of behaviour across entire populations. Crime was no longer viewed as a collection of isolated incidents but as a problem that could be studied, measured,…

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