Medieval, Spanish nobles during a trial.
Germany, Bavaria, Romantic Road, Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Kriminal Museum, Print showing Torture during a Medieval Trial dated 1541
Convict hulk.
A Police Officer surprising a burglar and holding a portable lamp.
Germany, Bavaria, Romantic Road, Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Kriminal Museum, Display of Medieval Torture Devices
Germany, Bavaria, Romantic Road, Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Kriminal Museum, Medieval Shame and Reprimand Letter depicting Debtor's Punishment
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone.
Fleet Prison.
a concept image of a gamel coming down on a group of people representing injustice in society
Hawley Harvey CRIPPEN (1862-1910) American dentist and murderer. First person to be arrested because of use of wireless telegraphy (1910).
Germany, Bavaria, Romantic Road, Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Kriminal Museum, Exhibit of an Iron Maiden
Germany, Bavaria, Romantic Road, Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Kriminal Museum, Exhibit of 18th century Neck Violins (Halsgeigen)
Germany, Bavaria, Romantic Road, Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Kriminal Museum, Exhibit of Medival Shame Mask
Germany, Bavaria, Romantic Road, Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Kriminal Museum, Exhibit of 17th century Executioner's Mask
Cangue punishment in China, 19th century illustration
A form of Elizabethan punishment.
Bambridge on trial for murder.
Bambridge on Trial for Murder.
Germany, Bavaria, Romantic Road, Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Kriminal Museum, Medieval Spiked Chair
Quisling during his trial
Prostitute being punished.
Christians being arrested for their religious practices.
Execution of a murderer, 16th century illustration
African American convicts singing in the woodyard.
Representation of the massacre of American prisoners in Dartmoor Prison.
Thomas Bambridge.
Punishment by the chain.
Two Chinese 19th century, executioners.
Prison officer.
Young offenders.
Convicted prisoner.
A criminal wearing handcuffs
England, London, Southwark, Clink Prison Museum, Historical Wanted Poster of Claude Duval the Highwayman
England, East Sussex, Rye, Rye Castle, The Breads Gibbet
Carpets in the prison at Peshawar.
Pentonville prison.
Nottingham.
Newgate prison.
The Fleet Prison.
Dartmoor Prison.
Scold's Bridle or brank.
Tread mill.
FRENCH REVOLUTION: Trial of Danton, Camille and Chabot, 12 February 1794. Engraving
American prison life.
Alexandrevsky Central Prison, Siberia.
Lord Finlay, one of the British members of the Permanent Court of International Justice, appointed 1921.
The conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot are hanged, drawn and quartered.
African American convicts working in the woodyard.
William Sessions.
Women prisoners.
Prisoner in his cell.
Warder inspecting a prison cell.
Drowning as a form of punishment.
A nurse chastising a child.
The Execution of a Criminal, From a Saxon MS, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857
England, London, Southwark, Clink Prison Museum, Historical Wanted Poster of Amelia Dyer the Baby Murderer
Mr William D McNally, coroner's chemist in chicago, testing samples of liquor seized by the police. Wood alcohol was found in many of these samples.
Charles W. Bullard.
Kitty Flynn.
Otto Ambros, German chemist and Nazi war criminal
Southern Chain Gang, USA, circa 1900
Al Capone.
CRUCIFIXION, 1864.
Adam Worth.
John McCoy.
Lambert & Butler. Pirates & Highwaymen. cigarette card showing: 'Captain' James MacLaine a notorious highwayman. with his accomplice William Plunkett. He was known as the 'Gentleman Highwayman' as a result of his courteous behaviour during his robberies
King John and the Jew of Bristol, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857
Permanent Pillory, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassel’s Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858
Disturbed inmate.
Close up of metal handcuffs
Form of pillory.
MARTYRDOM OF ST. PETER.
View of Alcatraz on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
Southwest view on Cell Block 'A' in Alcatraz
Medieval, Spanish nobles eat at a feast attended to by servants.
The Court of the King's Bench.
Father spanking son
A young Rolf Harris
England, London, Southwark, Entrance to the Clink Prison Museum
England, London, Southwark, Clink Prison Museum, Interior View of Severed Heads
England, London, Southwark, Clink Prison Museum, Interior View of Female Prisoner
18th century highwayman and victim
18th century highwayman flees a crime
Louis J. Freeh fifth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
James Dunlap.
Tom O'Day was a member of the infamous 'Hole In The Wall' gang.
The Stravinsky Affair.
Jonathan Wild.
The Murder of the Princes in the Tower.
Muscovite robbers carrying a canoe overland on their way to commit a crime.
A burglar activating a basic home security locking system.
A burglar escaping down a ladder.
Wreckers luring a ship onto rocks.
A 15th Century French villain.
The execution of John Thurtell.
Ill news for the criminal fraternity.
A court room scene.
A 'Cat-o'-nine-tails'.
A whipping post.
Children who were arrested for begging.
Police records used to identify criminals.
Lambert & Butler. Pirates & Highwaymen. cigarette card showing: Thomas Simpson (Old Mob) who robbed high profile celebrities in 17th Century England and was hanged in 1691
L'execution des Maillotins by Jean-Paul Laurens
McNAGHTEN TRIAL, 1843.
DANIEL McNAGHTEN TRIAL.
Cain and his descendants
Portland Prison Dorset.
Convicts working.
Convicts Working on Road, Ogelthorpe County, Georgia, USA, by Frank Delano for Farm Security Administration, May 1941
The trial of Madame Laffarge.
Mugshot of Al Capone.
Top Ten Most Wanted notice issued by the FBI for Osama Bin Laden.
The cell of Al Capone.
The head of a 'Catchpole'.
A public execution.
An execution by guillotine.
A policeman.
The torturing of a prisoner.
Punishment by the stocks.
The punishment of Titus Oates.
A Syrian criminal.
Hudibras and Ralpho in stocks being serenaded by the fiddler with a wooden leg.
Our Bill of Rights is everybody's business.
Electric chair, X-ray
Carter in smock.
England, Painting of The Execution of Admiral Byng on 14 March 1757
History and origins of tattooing body ritual tattoos Japanese tattoo
指名手配の貼り紙
HANS von GRIMMELSHAUSEN
What Happened During The Night
Lambert & Butler. Pirates & Highwaymen. cigarette card showing: Sir Henry Morgan. a Welsh pirate. privateer and buccaneer. He made himself famous during activities in the Caribbean.
Gang warfare in London, England in the late 19th century
A convict having his photograph taken for police records.
An inmate having his picture taken.
Example of police records used for the identification of criminals.
Theodore Robert Bundy (born Theodore Robert Cowell. November 24. 1946 January 24. 1989) was an American serial killer. kidnapper. rapist. burglar. and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly ear
Captain (William) KIDD - (cl645-1701) Scottish privateer and merchant. In 1695 given command of expedition against pirates in the Indian Ocean. Accused of turning pirate himself. Sailed to Boston and surrendered when promised a pardon. However, sent to Lo
Torture of the Huguenots, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897
Conduit in London Streets, with Stocks, Pillory, and Whipping Post, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassel’s Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858
KU KLUX KLAN, 1872.
Massacre of the Jews at the Coronation of Richard I, Illustration from John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. I from the earliest period to the reign of Edward the Fourth, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1857
Attempted Assassination of the Medici, drawn by Conrad Ermisch, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897
A murdered wife.
Animals on Trial.
Dog of Montargis, 19th century illustration
Other Deeds Of Darkness
David D'angers
The Police Arrested The Police
Carpenter's shop.
Prisoner with gun isolated on white background
Execution of a Criminal, From a MS of Froissart's Chronicles, Fifteenth century, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassel’s Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858
Criminals conducted to Execution, Fifteenth century, Harl. MS., 4,374, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassel’s Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858
Lambert & Butler. Pirates & Highwaymen. cigarette card showing: John Nevison (1639 4 May 1684). also known as William Nevison. was one of Britain's most notorious highwaymen. a gentleman rogue supposedly nicknamed Swift Nick by King Charles II.