CRIM 2652 Study Guide - Final Guide: Police Accountability, Iceberg, Softhard
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Policing: the act of maintaining and reproducing social order. Ex. professor polices the classroom it is everywhere, informal efforts. The police: institutions or individuals given the right by the state. May use coercive force in order to maintain and reproduce social order. Policing as a part-time, volunteer and communal responsibility. Communities policed themselves no formal police took care of self + kin. Hue and cry (13th century) alarm system; see a crime, alert others. Tithing: group of 10 patrolling certain areas/times. Night watch locals/ specific roles, more focused and organized. Watch and ward" more formalized than hue and cry. Specific members of society under instruction and constable. Thief-takers" offer to catch villains for a price. Problem: sent people to steal things, get paid, shared the $ These were all locally organized, non-formal forms of policing. Urbanization, kinships breaking down ties, corruption, ineffective. Bow street runners uniforms, paid by gov.