On Tue, 5 Dec 1995, Kevin Haggerty wrote:

> I am brand new to the study of museum's so please forgive me if
> this question prompt's obvious answers that I have overlooked.
>
> I am interested in finding out about museum's and public displays
> that deal with the topic of crime and/or punishment. Just as some
> example's, here in Vancouver the local police have their own
> small museum. I have also heard that former and current prisons
> have been turned into public exhibits (eg. Alcatraz). There is
> also the wax museum phenomena where murderer's are simulated.
> There is even a working prison in the former Soviet Union where
> people pay for a week-long incarceration in the cells.
>
> If anyone knows of any literature (academic or popular) on this
> type of thing or can pass on some other examples I would be
> greatly appreciative.
>
> Cheers,
>
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The Metropolitan Toronto Police have a museum of sorts, I believe, and I
have heard that Scotland Yard CID does as well.  I also understand that
Correctional Services has a museum at the Kingston Penitentiary in
Kingston, Ontario.