Pictures and Problems from London Police Courts

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Dec 19, 2024

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Authors: Thomas Holmes In Year : 1902

Book Language: English

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Preface and Preface to the New Edition
Chapter I, How I Became a Police Court Missionary
Chapter II, In Lambeth Police Court
Chapter III, A Change for the Better
Chapter IV, Husbands and Wives, Part 1
Chapter IV, Husbands and Wives, Part 2
Chapter V, Parents and Children, Part 1
Chapter V, Parents and Children, Part 2
Chapter VI, Record Breakers: Jane Cakebread
Chapter VII, Record Breakers: Kate Henessey, Part 1
Chapter VII, Record Breakers: Kate Henessey, Part 2
Chapter VIII, Among Dipsomaniacs, Part 1
Chapter VIII, Among Dipsomaniacs, Part 2
Chapter IX, Criminals, Part 1
Chapter IX, Criminals, Part 2
Chapter IX, Criminals, Part 3
Chapter X, Cranks, Part 1
Chapter X, Cranks, Part 2
Chapter XI, The Arcadians and Some Account of the ‘Gubbins’
Chapter XII, How the Poor Live – And Die, Part 1
Chapter XII, How the Poor Live – And Die, Part 2
Chapter XII, How the Poor Live – And Die, Part 3
Chapter XIII, The Problem of Home Workers

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