SOC326H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Toronto Police Service, Police Legitimacy, Thief Takers
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New policing rules go into effect january 1 supporting public safety, protecting civil. Toronto police chief says big changes coming in 2017. Policing has, typically, been seen as the work, which the police do. Only comparatively recently have the parts played by individuals, communities and commercial organizations been recognized. Yet right up to the nineteenth century they were expected to play the central role in policing. The implication of their work was that policing (both law enforcement and order maintenance) should be left to skilled practitioners using apolitical, scientific and bureaucratic techniques. The police as a social service in early twentieth-century toronto. This article examines a neglected aspect of police history, the provision of social welfare services. The toronto police morality department, prior to the formation of a family court in. 1929, played an important dispute resolution role for working-class families, which included the adjustment of domestic quarrels and the collection of support payments.
