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19 Cards in this Set
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Pledge System |
Everyone in the village was responsible for aiding neighbors and protecting the settlement from thieves and marauders |
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Tithing |
In medieval England, a group of 10 families who collectively dealt with minor disturbances and breaches of peace |
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Hue and Cry |
A call for assistance - everyone was to respond if a citizen raised a hue and cry |
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Shire Reeve |
The senile law enforcement figure in a county |
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Watch System |
- 13th century - protect property - patrolled at night |
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Private police and thief takers |
- developed in the 18th century - corrupt |
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Jack Wild (thief taker) |
- hanged in 1725 |
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Henry Fielding |
- wanted to clean up the thief-taking system - Bow Street runners were an improvement over the earlier monied police because they had an administrative structure that improved record keeping - fully instructed on their legitimate powers and duties |
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Creating Public Police |
- 1829 - Sir Robert Peel is Englands' home secretary - Bobbies were the men in the London Police force that was structure along military lines |
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Law Enforcement in Colonial America |
- paralleled the British model |
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Early Police Agencies |
- Began in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia - replaces the night-watch system - paid more than other blue-collar jobs - police were considered corrupt and incompetent - uniforms introduced in 1853 - in 1867 the first telegraph police boxes were installed |
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August Volmer |
- helped develop the School of Criminology at the University of California at Berkley - police reformer |
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O. W. Wilson |
- pioneered the use of advanced training for officers and applied modern management and administrative techniques to policing |
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1960s and beyond |
1960s: - Due Process revolution - Social unrest, Vietnam and Civil Rights 1970s: - LEAA promotes education, training, professionalism 1980s: - police unions grow - community policing concept amidst unrest concept amidst unrest concept amidst unrest 1990s: - King incident - Civilian review, more qualified and diverse departments
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Private Policing |
- 1.5 million employees - outnumber public police by 3:1 - focuses on loss instead of crime - Cons: - could replace public police |
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Federal Law |
- 120,000 - protects rights and privileges of US citizens |
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State Law |
- 100,000 - enforcing state laws, highway patrol, crime labs, bombsite/drug lab cleanup, etc. |
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County Law |
- 350,000 - patrol, responding to citizen calls, investigate crimes, court security, run county jail |
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Metro Law |
- 600,000 - IDing suspects, investigating crimes, patrols, traffic, civil order, EMS, public outreach |
