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DETROIT CRIMINAL JUSTICE · DOWNTOWN

THE GEOGRAPHY OF JUSTICE.

Criminal justice had a physical geography. A person, report, warrant, evidence item, attorney, reporter, or witness could move between police facilities, courtrooms, prosecutor offices, jail space, and newspaper offices within the downtown institutional landscape.

Wayne County Court House [Wayne County Building], Detroit, Mich.
REAL DETROIT SOURCE · Wayne County Building in Detroit, photographed between 1902 and 1910.
Source: Detroit Publishing Co. / source record · No known restrictions on publication
RESEARCH LENS

Justice had addresses.

Connect Police Headquarters to court geography without implying they were the same institution.
Map court buildings only after the correct building and date are verified.
Use Then / Now comparisons to show how Detroit's justice landscape changed.
Link court locations back to the Map Room rather than duplicating geography in every case file.
SOURCE STANDARD

Police facilities, courts, prosecutor offices, hospitals, and other locations are mapped only when their role and location can be verified.

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