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Home Office: Scientific Adviser's Branch: Reports (SA/POL Series) and Memoranda (SA/PM...

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Reference	HO 368
Title	Home Office: Scientific Adviser's Branch: Reports (SA/POL Series) and Memoranda (SA/PM Series)
Date	1963-1967
Description	Files of reports and memoranda compiled by individual scientists on subjects relating to the work of the police. There is also a copy of the report of the Committee on the Prevention and Detection of Crime. The SA/POL and SA/PM series of reports and memoranda are the same in format and appearance and both series deal with subjects relating to the work of the police. They take the form of scientific papers and are the work of individual scientists. The memoranda carry the cover endorsement: "This memorandum represents the personal views of the author. It does not carry the authority of the Home Office Scientific Adviser's Branch". Also included in the SA/POL series is the Report of the Committee on the Prevention and Detection of Crime, which was appointed on 4 November 1960 to enquire into and report upon the organisation and procedure of the police forces of England and Wales, and provide a progress report of scientific research on police problems: HO 368/10
Related material	See also HO 377 Reports of the Central Research Establishment, which was set up by the Home Secretary in 1966 to improve the use of science in police work, are in: HO 234 HO 235 HO 236
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department	SA/POL file series
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Physical description	34 file(s)
Access conditions	Subject to 30 year closure

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