The Crime Museum itself isn't open to members of the public, but members of the Metropolitan Police Force and helps train detectives by showing them what crime was like in the past and how detectives solved the case. Two exhibits we looked forward to seeing was the Dome Raiders and Great Train Robbery.
Pictures can be found here.
I found the exhibition to be quite busy, there was a lot going on as well as it was a popular exhibition. It showed a vary of crimes and from a wide range of years. I enjoyed the court room drawings, as it reminded me of my time on jury service - from the exhibition I found that courtroom sketchers have to take notes on what people look like and then draw them away from the court. I also liked the 'mug shot' cards that had a lot of detail about the criminal - which gave me the idea of presenting our advertising campaign for our short film as a crime case, including mug shots of the actress, maybe even police interviews and court room style drawings.
From this I learnt about the history of crime and what methods detectives use when solving a crime - which will be helpful for my screenplay and advertising campaign. I plan to use the courtroom style drawings and mugshots in my advertising campaign for my short film. More importantly, I think I learned what it's like to be a victim and people's interpretations of victims and criminals - especially from a 'right side of the law' view, which contrasts with my research into books and documentaries from the criminals perspective.
'A victim of crime is not a film, a video game, they are a victim of crime for life'
Crime stories show the rules that people expect others to live by, we tell each other what is right and wrong and the common rules we have to live by in this city
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