CRIM 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Community Policing, Broken Windows Theory, August Vollmer
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Chapter 2: the history of police in america. Why study the history of the police: 3 overreaching reasons, measure change, why is this important, how policing changed over time. Identify persistent problems: why is this important, things that happen over and over again. Insight into the future: why is this important, we see what is going to be different. Pre-police era in america: sheriff, appointed by governor, ho(cid:449) do (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) sheriffs get their jo(cid:271) i(cid:374) toda(cid:455)"s so(cid:272)iet(cid:455, they were elected, what are so(cid:373)e pros/(cid:272)o(cid:374)s of (cid:862)ele(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s(cid:863) (cid:448)s. (cid:862)appoi(cid:374)t(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863, pro: people have a voice, co(cid:374): people do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)are. Industrial revolution factory jobs: economy shifts from agrarian to industrial. Jobs move to cities: people move to cities, mass immigration, crowded metropolitan areas, bad conditions. What are some of the cities that we might be talking about: nyc, boston, philadelphia, settlers began in the east and moved west!
