The Railway Policeman's Casebook
eBook - ePub

The Railway Policeman's Casebook

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eBook - ePub

The Railway Policeman's Casebook

About this book

The opportunity to commit crime on the railways began from the day they were being built. The crimes both mirrored the range of those committed outside and existed in a microcosm of their own. It was the work of the various railway company police forces and predecessor forces to investigate and bring to justice the perpetrators. This book takes us back from the very early days of railway policing to the halcyon days of the 1940s to the 1980s when policing methods, image and perception were reflected in television series such as Dixon of Dock Green, Z Cars and The Bill. The cases in the book are authentic and reported by investigating officers from the age of steam locomotives, stations, goods yards, left luggage offices and dining cars, and those nostalgic images of railways. They bring to life the devious and clever methods devised by criminals to obtain success in their activities and how they were thwarted by the railway policeman. Here, then, is a fascinating and diverse collection of cases from a past era that were committed in a unique environment and solved by a body of dedicated and highly trained officers of the railway police.

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Yes, you can access The Railway Policeman's Casebook by Richard Stacpoole-Ryding in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Political Corruption & Misconduct. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. 1: The Murder of Police Officers on the Railway
  6. 2: Robbery and Theft
  7. 3: Ticket Irregularities, Forgery and Fraud
  8. 4: Vandalism and Railway Offences
  9. 5: Terrorism and Explosions
  10. 6: Cases of Special Interest
  11. 7: The Railway Policeman Faces Danger
  12. 8: The Lighter Side of the Railway Policeman’s Work