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The law and order in the late 19th century.  

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The law and order in the late 19th century The law and order in the late 19th century was very different to the law and order at the present time. The criminals and murderers in the 19th century could escape with the crime easier because there was no finger printing and they did not have DNA in that time. They did not have the scientific knowledge as scientists have today. The criminal intelligence department (CID) was set up in 1878 and this led to considerable improvement in detective methods and began to use forensic science, even though the forensic science they used was not as advanced as the ones we use now. They did not have DNA or finger printing, in actual fact they did not even know the difference between animal blood and human blood. In the 19th century the police force was quite new to Britain. There were two...

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