CRJU 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Modus Operandi, Wickersham Commission, Proactive Policing
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Civil rights movement: the national effort made by african. Americans and their supporters in the 1950s and 1969s to eliminate segregation and gain equal rights. Constable: an officer of the peace, having police and minor judicial functions usually in a small town or district. Coroner: an officer of a county or municipality whose chief function is to investigate by inquest as before a jury any death not resulting from a natural cause. Modus operandi: mode of operating or working. Sheriff: law enforcement officer of a county or other civil subdivision of a state. Four primary criminal justice officers: sheriff, constable, coroner, justice of the peace. The word sheriff is deri(cid:448)ed f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:862)shi(cid:396)e (cid:396)ee(cid:448)e(cid:863) Was seen in england before the norman conquest of 1066. The she(cid:396)iff"s jo(cid:271) (cid:449)as to (cid:373)ai(cid:374)tai(cid:374) la(cid:449) a(cid:374)d o(cid:396)de(cid:396) i(cid:374) the tithi(cid:374)gs. The sheriff was never a popular officer in england and had no police powers.
