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Great Train Robbery’s Ronnie Biggs dies

A policeman feels the full force of a blast in this illustration – from the 7 June 1884 issue of 'The Illustrated Police News' – depicting a Fenian attack on Scotland Yard. The Fenians' dynamite campaign of the early 1880s provoked a radical response from the British government. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The Victorian war on terror. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beaumaris Gaol, Anglesey, Wales. The prison could accommodate up to 30 inmates under the so-called 'silent system', in which inmates slept in separate cells at night but worked and attended chapels and classes together during the day. (Ashley Cooper via Getty Images)

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'Britain needs police museum' says crime historian

A woodcut depicting a witch hanging in England, c17th Century. (Bettmann via Getty Images)

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Witches in the dock: 10 of Britain’s most infamous witch trials

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The "hauntingly beautiful" Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, was never at ease in Vienna's stuffy court. (Getty Images)

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Hans Litten (centre) in court while representing communists, 25 August 1932. Litten’s decision to subpoena Hitler a year earlier was to cost him his life. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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A 17th chart or map shows reefs and hazards to ships.

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The notorious Captain Kidd

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Gold Mining At Mount Alexander

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Convicts and colonisers: the early history of Australia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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‘Smugglers', c1785, from ‘Adventures by sea from art of old time’ by Basil Lubbock. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Allan Pinkerton

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Stop and search: what can we learn from history?

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Youth culture and crime: what can we learn from history?

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A portrait of William I of Orange. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The columns of the Temple of Saturn and overview of the ruined Roman Forum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rome. (Getty Images)

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Regency AcademyJustice, Roman style

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