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30 mins

Local History and Heritage

Victorian CSI

It’s 1888 and a crime has been committed in Narrow Marsh. Can you solve the crime as a Victorian Police Officer?

Either print out the clue cards and hide around the room/ house to be found by the Victorian Police Officer(s) or look at them online on the National Justice Museum website.

You will also need the Detective Notes worksheet for the questions the Officer(s) need to answer: www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk/education/free-resources/

1. The Police Officer(s) read through the clues and try to pick out the information which will help them to answer the questions on the worksheet.

2. Once the Officer(s) have investigated the crime as much as possible check through the answers to see if they have picked up on all the information.

3. Due to primitive Victorian policing practices and a lack of proper police procedure the murderer would probably never be caught, and their identity might never be known. Now get the Officers to think about how modern police would treat the crime scene and help find out who the killer and the victim are.

What you need/ materials to find:

Clue cards Detective notepad worksheet Pencil