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Using oral history to investigate police culture
This article focuses upon the use of oral history methodology in relation to studying the work of the police and, particularly, the culture or cultures of the police. An overview of oral history is followed by a discussion of the application of such techniques to investigating police work. This, in turn, is followed by an assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of such methodological techniques when used in a piece of research which investigated the culture of the Metropolitan Police Force between the 1930s and 1960s
Sedimentation characteristics of bacterial ribonucleoprotein obtained at different periods during the cell-division cycle
A method of extraction of DNA from birch
A method of DNA extraction is given which is suitable for use with birch (Betula spp.) material collected from natural populations. Such material is frequently old and insect-damaged, and contains high levels of polyphenols. The method relies on repeated extraction of the material with a high molarity urea phosphate buffer, and yields DNA suitable for RFLP analysis
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