The notorious Victorian era serial killer Jack the Ripper's identity may have been discovered after 130 years due to new DNA ...

“Crime and the plight of the working class ... It establishes a Fingerprint Bureau at the tail end of the Victorian era in 1901,” says Read. “Fingerprints are complex.

In order to reform idle convicts and combat crime that plagued the Victorian era, Sir William Cubitt invented the “everlasting staircase" in 1818. It was a large, imposing 24-spoked paddlewheel ...

But were they really criminals? Or even crazy ... psychiatrists during the Victorian era—or "alienists" as they were often called in the 19th century—specifically used medicine to police ...

On March 7, 1899, Henry Pike and Annie Pike husband and wife were found guilty of keeping a brothel at 6, Spencer Street, Barry Dock. Evidence was produced by Sergeant Gill and Police Constable Hale.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In Victorian-era Melbourne, ladies’ columns in newspapers were rife with topics such as fashion, weddings and cookery. However, in ...