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Wikipedia: Pinkerton (Detective Agency)

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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.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency)
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
General encyclopedia: useful for uncontested factual detail, not a primary or scholarly source.
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Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)

This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Criminal Justice Institutions, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.

Well-attested

9

Criminal Justice Institutions

Holds

1

Criminal Justice Institutions

General References

1

Criminal Justice Institutions

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