CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Peelian Principles, Data Retention, Machismo

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Monaghan

Document Summary

Ego(cid:374) bitt(cid:374)er: poli(cid:272)i(cid:374)g as (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:374)-(cid:374)egotiated solutio(cid:374)s (cid:271)a(cid:272)ked up (cid:271)(cid:455) the pote(cid:374)tial use of for(cid:272)e. (cid:863) Use of mix-methods; archival, interviews, official crime, stats, textual/document analysis (especially reports/data explosion) The origins and evolution of police work in canada. Contributing historical forces: the night watch, urbanization and the british urban policing, british policing of ireland, the frontier, american policing styles and technologies. One is an embrace (british) and one is more forced onto us (american: the nightwatch. Specifically designated: urban, modern police forces and the legacy of robert peel. The public and many politicians were concerned about the power that would be vested in a formal police force, and when peel finally won acceptance of his police plan for london, he was denounced as a potential dictator. Recruits were mostly working class to mitigate concerns; established a strict code of conduct for officers (peelian principles) Peel put forth the first proposal (10 years of negotiation) No formal policing in the same vein.