In 1871, the Prevention of Crimes Act made it a legal requirement that anybody who was arrested in England and Wales had to have their photograph taken--thus was born the official “mug shot”. But mug shots from the late 1800s look very different from the ones you might see today. This photograph shows a page […]
In 1871, the Prevention of Crimes Act made it a legal requirement that anybody who was arrested in England and Wales had to have their photograph taken--thus was born the official “mug shot”. But mug shots from the late 1800s look very different from the ones you might see today. This photograph shows a page […]
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