Police History Jason Turley CJA 214 January 17, 2013 Jess Gutierrez Police History The efforts of policing have been around for centuries. In 2200 BC Babylon used the code of Hammurabi for standardized laws and punishments; in 27 BC Augustus created the Roman system of Vigiles; in 1285 the watch-and-word system was created by the Statute of Winchester in England; in 1748 London formed the Bow Street Runners. Despite London possessing more than 400 police officers in the early 1800s
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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
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it upon themselves to take revenge against those who may have inured or offended or killed one of their own. The idea of crime prevention was almost nonexistent in the early history of law enforcement and criminology. During the early history of policing, individual citizens were largely responsible for maintaining law and order among themselves. Those who served as a judge or jury did so voluntarily and were not paid for their services. This loosely-based system of social control worked quite
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2 History of Police Police a constituted of persons powered by the state enforcing the law, limit civil disorder, and protect property. Police forces are separate from military of the state, policing dealing with different situations giving protection of private property and maintain class system. Sheriffs, rangers, troopers, or even civil guards is the name for police with the word police coming from Greek (Wikipedia, 2013). Police are more
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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
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Public Policing Versus Private Security Comparison Alan Shank AJS/502 September 9, 2013 Christopher Eberle Public Policing Versus Private Security Comparison 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
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Community Policing to Prevent Crime In 1829, Sir Robert Peel created the Metropolitan Police and according to Peel, the real key for policing is the police are the people and the people are the police. Peel believed that prevention of crime could be accomplished without intruding into the lives of citizens. Community policing is based on Peel's concept of prevention. Community policing has been embraced by many law enforcement organizations across our country. Community policing is based on its
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Sir Robert Peel set the tone for American policing and his practices are still being followed present day. He had the idea that focusing on preventing crime was more effective than punishing criminals and that crime prevention would set a precedence for what was to come and deter individuals from any illegal or forbidden activity. Policing began in the early 1200’s, when Britain established a “watch” system that relied on citizens, or a posse, responsible for monitoring the community. England established
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Sir Robert Peel was known to be the most successful British prime minister from the nineteenth-century. According to Evans (2006), Sir Robert Peel was elected to be Parliament as a Tory in 1809, Secretary for Ireland in 1812 to 1818. Peel was Home Secretary in 1822 and also in 1828. Sir Robert Peel then became a Free-Trader in 1846. Sir Robert Peel was the British prime minister from 1834 to 1835 and also from 1842 to 1846. Evans (2006), also mentioned that people praised Peel for improving
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Police History In the infancy of policing the early colonists followed the English style of policing; monitoring the community on behaviors, moral, and civil obligations rather than criminal issues. Citizens performed these policing duties and were referred to as a civic duty, no training or pay was offered for these services. The wealthy citizens that did not want to serve their watch began to pay others to do their duty for them. Philadelphia began to offer monetary compensation for the citizens
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