SOC 3750 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Bow Street Runners, Police Mutual, Community Policing
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Introduction the idea that the police and community are interconnected may be traced to the concept of order maintenance and the protection of people. During ancient times, the family, tribe, or clan assumed the responsibility of protecting its members the people were the police. Bow street runners: worked directly for the bow street magistrate who paid their, under the authority of the magistrate, they arrested offenders salary and apprehended offenders nationwide. Sir robert peel: passed the metropolitan police act to police the city of, he synthesized decades of thought-about police. Political era of policing: close relationship between the police and politicians, policing was under the control of local government; local, police tasks included crime prevention, order maintenance, Commissioner arthur woods: three major elements , it was thought that females would be more successful in performing crime prevention activities than the males.