Question

How will the information historians get from old newspapers be different from that found in police reports? (5 marks)

Answer 1

Newspaper	Police Report
A printed publication (usually issued daily or weekly) containing news, articles, advertisements and correspondence.	A document that details all the facts, circumstances, and timeline of events surrounding an incident usually illegal in nature
Comes from an individual's viewpoint	Comes from an administrative viewpoint
Brings out the finer details about an event or a happening	Details are often restricted
Provides more backdrop, context and elaborate description	Confined with the procedures and is concerned with record-keeping
Better researched and investigated as compared to the police reports	Oversee or neglect information that does not directly serve the function of law enforecement