CCJS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Frankpledge, Social Order, Bow Street Runners

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 100
• Professor: Justine Madoo

Document Summary

My definition of police: trained professionals who enforce the law and keep citizens safe. Klockars police are institutions or individuals given the general right to use coercive force by the state within the state"s domestic territory . Klockars something ought to be done and ought to be done now . Frankpledge 11th and 12th centuries, 10 families, kids forced to arrest and punish their neighbors, if they didn"t do it they would have to pay a fine. Parish constables 1285, one year term, not paid. Chased down criminals and turned them in to make money, also immune from government prosecution led to corruption. Bow street runners 1750s, patrolled the river thames, mounted police, trained and paid, first professional police force. Show efficacy through the absence of crime and disorder. The people are the police, the police are the people . Wanted to know if increasing officers on foot affected these outcomes.