...Sir Robert Peel Paper September 26, 2011 The impact of Sir Robert Peel on American policing and its history The English statesman Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) served as prime minister during 1834-1835 and 1841-1846. He played an important role in modernizing the British government's social and economic policies and sponsored the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. (Gale, 2004, pg.181) Sir Robert Peel was in the great tradition of 19th-century administrative reformers. Though not a doctrinaire, he drew on the most advanced thinking of his day in his reform of British criminal law, the prisons, the police, and fiscal and economic policies. By making government a positive instrument in social reform and by his pragmatic approach to social and political problems, Peel also made an important contribution to shaping the philosophy of the modern Conservative party. (Gale, 2004, pg.181) As chief secretary for 6 years, until 1818, Peel established a reputation for a happy mixture of firmness and compassion. Among other reforms, Peel pioneered in the establishment of a permanent Irish police force and laid the foundations for famine relief. (Gale, 2004, pg.181) In 1821 Peel was recalled to high office as home secretary in Lord Liverpool's government. (Gale, 2004, pg.182) He remained in that...
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...the impact of Sir Robert Peel on American policing. 2). Analyze the relationship between the U.S. Government and the policing organizations throughout the United States. 3). Explain how this relationship may affect Police Practices. 1. Describe the impact of Sir Robert Peel on American policing? - The English statesman Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) served as prime minister during 1834-1835 and 1841-1846. He played an important role in modernizing the British government’s social and economic and sponsored the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. Sir Roberts Peel was in the great tradition of the 19th-century administrative reformers. Though not a doctrinaire, he drew on the most advanced thinking of his day in his reform of British criminal law, the prisons, the police, and fiscal and economic policies. By making government a positive instrument in social reform and by his pragmatic approach to social and political problems, Peel also made an important contribution to shaping the philosophy of the modern conservative party. Despite the fact that his repeal of the Corn Laws broke his party, Peelite traditions lingered on. Peelites such as William Gladstone also carried these traditions into the Liberal party. Sir Roberts and his efforts have lasted through out times, trials, and many difficulties in Sir Roberts Peel’s last years he devoted his last years to developing a force that would provide safety and service to all citizens and communities throughout the world. Sir Robert Peels’...
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...Sir Robert Peel is known in the books as the founder of the first form of an English police department: the London Metropolitan Police. This was after his London Metropolitan Police Act passed in 1829, giving greater power to the English police force and establishing what he is known for today. Peels ideas were very well defined and offered a lot to policing even up to modern day. To understand the impact of this, we must take a look at Peel's act, and know how it would change policing. Peel was Home Secretary of England when his act passed in 1929. Sir Peel’s mission in creating his police force was to establish control on crime. He wanted to obtain this through crime prevention. Thus far, policing had been reactive for the most part. His ideas of crime prevention reflected the proactive idealization, that is that preventing crime is more effective than responding to it. Sir Peel's principles were heavily influenced by the military as well. He implemented the military’s organizational structure such as their uniforms, ranks and rank structure, discipline, and an authoritarian system of command. In an authoritarian system of command, one single person is in charge at the top of the command chain. This same military approach is still one of the most commonly used command structures in today’s policing. Although Sir Peel established these groundbreaking principles for policing, he was not a police officer himself. Sir Peel guided London’s police department with “Peel's Principles...
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...television shows and movies that are released which in reality is not true to a certain extent. “Up until the last two hundred years, most societies relied on individual citizens and communities to ensure that laws were upheld and criminals were apprehended (Grant and Terry, 2012).” After many years, societies and communities upheld this responsibility and implemented effective ways to enforce the law and maintain order. This is where law enforcement was originated after the Code of Hammurabi took place and soon England formed law enforcements based on individuals and tribal justice. After the collapse of the England law enforcement, in the early nineteenth century Sir Robert Peel became an important person on having an impact on American policing which has been used until this day. Sir Robert Peel served as Home Secretary in 1828 in which he wanted to set law enforcement in the city which later would be London Metropolitan Police. He served in “Ireland for many years and successfully organized the Royal Irish Constabulary, Peel was keen to reform the way in which law was enforce in England and create a new police force for the city of London (Grant and Terry, 2012).” By 1829, parliament passed the London Metropolitan Act in which it provided funds for establishing 1,000 police officer force and strict standards of discipline and conduct. Peel created three core elements in modern policing which involved mission, strategy and organization of the structure. The mission of Peel’s...
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...History of police William Mosley University of Phoenix The purpose of this paper is to describe the history of police specifically in America. It also seeks to discuss how Sir Robert Peel changed American policing as well as analyzing the relationship between American government and the policing organizations found in America. The history of police assists us to understand the origin of the policies we have today. The practices of police have over the years continued to change. There are four stages in the study of the history of police in America that are categorized according to the time the changes took place. These stages include the political era, professional era, the police crisis of 1960s and the new development stages. In the 1800’s police officers patrolled on foot to maintain security. They did not have police vehicles and did not carry any weapons. They also had challenges in communication as they did not have the police radios to receive and dispatch information. They were also not trained and did not have a police station. All they had was a police cap and budge. It was not until the 19th century that weapons started been used. The officers lacked job security as they could be hired and fired anytime without notice. The pay was not the same as police officers in the city earned better pay than those in the factories. Many officers were given the jobs by local politicians who were wealthy as a reward for serving them. In the professional...
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...Instructor: Wenda Killings Discussion Board: Unit 1 Peel’s Principles in Modern Day Law Enforcement In 1829, a man by the name of Sir Robert Peel of London, England created the world’s first police force. Before Peel, Constables served the government but didn’t exercise authority like the police force we know now. After drafting the Metropolitan Police Bill of 1829, Sir Robert Peel approved a force of 895 constables, 88 sergeants, 20 inspectors and 8 superintendents. It changed the dynamics of law enforcement around the world. Peel also believed there are nine basic principles to law enforcement. Of these nine, there are three that I believe are vital to the role of a police force: “The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder”; “Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning is found to be insufficient: and “Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence” (Nazemi, n.a.) Sir Robert Peel’s 1st principle states, "The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder." In modern law enforcement,...
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...United Kingdom, New Zeal and, Norway and Malta specialist units do not carry firearms. Police have handcuffs to restrain their suspects and use their hand guns when needed the last resort to use. Police officers stay communicating with their radios carried on them in also inside their patrol vehicles. Some police vehicles unmarked for criminal without alerting them they are coming they can make a move without criminals noticing them. Motorcycles used in policing making it to locations that the vehicles cannot make it to and even bicycles used to patrol the community (Wikipedia, 2010). Countries such as Israel, Chile, Philippines, Austria, France, South Africa, and New Zeal and use centralized system of policing. The impact of Sir Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel the born in Bury Lancashire creation of Metropolitan Police when he was Home security of England, believing crime prevented without...
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...Police History Paper Detric Lester CJA/214 April 28, 2013 Professor Shawn R. Kehoe, MPA Throughout the course of history, American policing has been influenced heavily by the English system. England and Colonial American citizens were both responsible for law enforcement in the early stages of development in their communities. The history of policing has changed progressively over the years. In the legal system law enforcement systems evolved over a period of time causing major differences in the titles, responsibilities and credentials of police officer. The historical development of police history time line began during the Early 1630’s when Colonial America early constables and sheriffs were concerned about the behaviors of the community-approved religious attendance and the appropriate restraint of farm animals, they served court papers for a fee. In the early 1840’s Metropolitan America in New York the first full time preventive force was established, with each district having its own authority. Each ward had a separate patrol and citizens were chosen by Aldermen to be officers. Frontier America territory became a state by the early 1840’s, then sheriffs and marshals were elected in the towns and counties. New entrepreneurs elected to reduce violent crime to keep their business thriving and their town’s reputation clean. By the early 1920’s police professionalism characteristic were policies focused on law enforcement and crime control, and social service elements...
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... Comparing public policing and private is important in the criminal justice field as the criminal justice field moves toward a future of technological changes and the desire to keep the public safe while keeping costs down. To examine these two separate areas of criminal justice they will be broken down to see how each one is structured and the primary goals for each one. Public policing and private security can be used to describe the methods that we use in the world to keep people and their goods safe. First, we will examine Private Security; in its simplest form, the term “private security” refers to the protection of people, property, and information (Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, 2002, pp. 1253). Society recognizes that the broader role of private security is for individuals and businesses to pay a fee to protect their persons, private property, or their interests from hazards (Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, 2002, pp. 1253). Private Security has developed throughout history along with Public Policing. Private Security has its roots in the middle ages under the system of Feudalism (Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, 2002, pp. 1253). Land barons and kings hired retainers (infantrymen) and knights (Special Forces) for personal protection. The knights and retainers would protect the peasants and land that was under the control of the king or land baron; in exchange for this protection peasants were to swear allegiance...
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...well as how implementation can affect both countries. Japan: Japan is known for it low crime rate and its unique policing styles and homogeneous society. Sam Bacca, Chief of Police in Albuquerque New Mexico stated, “This is police paradise”, while he was visiting Japan. (Rebenfien, 1989) “Every law enforcement officer would love to have a community like this”, he continued. (Rebenfien, 1989) Chief Baca and many others offers came to Japan to observe their police system and bring those ideas back to their community. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Statistics Bureau, Director-General for Policy Planning and Statistical Research and Training Institute reports Japan's total population in 2011 was 127.80 million and total density measured 343 persons per square kilometer in 2010. Japan has endured many trial and tribulations has a country, having to rebuild after wars and conflict. During the fourteen century short lived imperial rulers, followed by a new government established by the Ashikaja family, lasting for two centuries. (Sccnet, 1998) This was a time of great prosperity, following the way of the warrior, Bushido, the way of the warrior Japan feudalism hierarch after more than 265 years of consolidation, Japan was cut off from the rest of the world. There was a hierarchical order of society with strict social class divisions between the samurais, peasants, merchants, and artisans. Tokugawa family seized power in 1603. The Tokugawa’s ruled...
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...Police History LaShawn Green CJA/214 November 12, 2012 Luis Martinez Sir Robert Peel created the London Metropolitan Police District in the year of 1829. He was a strong believer that the prevention of crime could be accomplished without intruding into the lives of other citizens. He also wanted to prove that it was possible to reform a variety of criminals and not just punish them. By creating the development of the London Metropolitan Police District, Sir Robert Peel came up with nine principles that are very relevant today’s society just as they were back in the 1800’s. According to "From The 'Lectric Law Library's Stacks Community Policing: Learning The Lessons Of History" (2012), these principles include the use of crime rates to determine the effectiveness of the police, the importance of a centrally located, publicly accessible police headquarters, and the value of proper recruitment, selection, and training. American police developed similarities to the London Metropolitan Police District. Majority of the U.S. cites established municipal police departments that came together as uniformed officers in paramilitary-style organizations serving the interests of the politically powerful. The American police officers carried around guns and operated under the command of local precinct captains politically appointed. As the turn of the century approached, the progress of the police movement began to promote professionalism in the law enforcement world. “While the...
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...expect to be treated justly by the criminal justice system. While laws have been amended and created over the years, lawmakers have neglected to create a substantial amount of laws that take diversity into account. In the instance of selling drugs, certain drugs such as crack, a drug used primarily by African Americans, result in longer prison sentences and higher penalties. On the other hand, cocaine, a drug used primarily by Whites, ensues fewer penalties. Our laws must take ethnic differences into account because not all crimes result in the same course of punishment. In this paper, I will discuss the impact of culture on the criminal justice system and describe contemporary methods used by the police department and security firms while working with diverse populations. Furthermore, I will detail nondiscriminatory practices within the criminal justice system and outline Sir Robert Peel’s nine principles in relation to police departments. Race and ethnicity are important factors to incorporate into laws. Many of the current laws are outdated in the sense that they do not take cultural differences into account. Current US populations have a different racial and ethnic make-up than when most laws and the Constitution were created. Present day America has numerous immigrants, legal or otherwise, who must live and abide by outdated, and at times, unfair laws. Immigrants, on a whole, are fearful of being a part of the criminal justice system, whether as a witness, perpetrator...
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...Oats were arranged in a shipment in 1816 to be brought to places where the famine had hit and to be sold at cheap prices, though this did help somewhat the oats were of poor quality and fraud was taking place in the selling of the oats. With food shortages continuing, Peel set up a commission to give some relief. This relief commission allowed the poor to work for money which in turn they could use to go out and buy food. Local contributions were insisted upon by the commission, this was also a pre-condition for government assistance. Local committees were depended on to set up the famine relief. This same type of pattern was repeated in 1822 when once again famine was a threat. More commissions were set up to help organise public works. Local relief committees were tasked with a vital role. With these relief committees existing, it was seen as proof that an area was hit by the famine and was suffering and aid was provided by local...
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...The History of the American Police March 28, 2013 The History of the American Police Policing as we know it today has developed from various political, economic, and social forces. To better understand the role of police in United States society, one has to know the history of how policing became what it is today. The following paper discusses the views of the historical context of police which helps us better understand how political, economic, and social forces have shaped the social institution of policing. The American police have their roots set firmly in England (Gaines & Miller, 2011, p. 149). During the mid-1700s to the early 1800s in London, England crime was indigenous to city life. The only sort of crime order they had was the military which was not well received with either parties. The citizens did not take kindly to being disciplined by the very soldiers whose salaries they were paying and the soldiers were likewise conflicted and about using force against their fellow citizens (Gaines & Miller, 2011, p. 149). Since the police had been found inadequate and the military alternative was not working out either, it was then in 1829 when the politician Sir Robert Peel established the Metropolitan Police Act (The Metropolitan Police Act, N.p, n.d.). The basic principles of the Metropolitan Police Act are as stated: 1. The police force must be organized along military lines. 2. Police administrators and officers must be under...
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... I will start from the beginning with Sir Robert Peel and the creation of the Metropolitan Police Force in 1829, to the Political era starting in 1820, and the Professional and Reform era in the 1940’s to 1970 that has lead us to the implementation of community policing today. The policy and practice of community policing will then be explained in detail to give the reader a thorough understanding of the core elements of community policing and what it consists of. Also, how the policy is meant to be used in regards to implementation and who the policy is meant to impact will be discussed. The following paper is merely a review of previous literature on community policing to give a detailed explanation of what it is. From its earliest conception, policing was meant to involve a connection between citizens and police officers alike. Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the Metropolitan Police Force of London in 1829, which is credited with being the earliest assemblage of professional policing, contended that police departments and their communities were meant to share the common goal of protecting the welfare of the community and in order to accomplish this goal the police and citizens had to count on each other (Nadine M. Connell, 2008). Although policing in the United States (U.S.) got its roots from London where policing essentially started, the U.S. took a seemingly different approach that would in some ways end back up as Sir Robert Peel had intended it to from the beginning...
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