The encyclopedia article on the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, founded around 1850 in Chicago by Allan Pinkerton, for decades the largest private law enforcement organization in the world. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Citation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency)
Source TypeEncyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
General encyclopedia: useful for uncontested factual detail, not a primary or scholarly source. Sources
Wikipedia: Pinkerton (Detective Agency)
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Criminal Justice Institutions, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
Well-attested
10Criminal Justice Institutions
Holds
2Criminal Justice Institutions
General References
1Criminal Justice Institutions
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