Thirty Years a Detective: A Thorough and Comprehensive Exposé of Criminal Practices of All Grades and Classes

Detective Allan Pinkerton, creator of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, shares in this book the methods that criminals use to exploit the public. The detective breaks criminal thievery into 14 separate categories, and explains the wasys of professional thieves to the public, so that the public can better protect itself. - Summary by Mark Harrington