CRI210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, Toronto Police Service, Bow Street Runners
1 Feb 2017
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The structure and role of the police in canadian society and the police subculture. Our views about police are shaped by the type of media depictions we see. Policing is the act of maintaining and reproducing social order: we are all i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)ed i(cid:374) poli(cid:272)i(cid:374)g e(cid:448)eryday (cid:894)(cid:862)this (cid:373)or(cid:374)i(cid:374)g i had to poli(cid:272)e (cid:373)y daughter to go to s(cid:272)hool(cid:863)(cid:895) Early policing was controlled by local citizens (frankpledge system: people would get together to preserve order. In the mid 1700s henry fielding established the bow street runners (thief takers: not based on institutions. During the times where trade was becoming important and gangs disrupted this order. Robert peel and the london metropolitan police act established first official policing unit (still promotes by modern policing. Ex: idea of control and peace maker: purpose of police is to service the interests, values and morality of the general public. Their main goal is to achieve the satisfaction of such interests.
