CRIM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement, Emergency Notification System
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Police are paramilitary: ranks, uniforms, chain of command. Organization: an entity of two of more people who cooperate to achieve an objective. Criminal justice officials come from early england: sheriff: chief law enforcement officer of a county, typically elected and frequently operating the jail as well as long enforcement functions. Shire county reeve agent of the king . Maintain law and order in the tithings. Act as an officer of the court, summon juries, enforce civil judgments. Began in early colonial period in us. Rural crime control: constable: favored nobleman in england who were forerunners of modern day us criminal justice functionaries. Subject to election by local men of prominence: pursue felons, collect taxes, supervise highways, serve as magistrate, make arrests only with warrants issued by justice of the peace. Disfavored in us because they were not trained: coroner: an early english court officer; determines cause of death in us (usually a physician)
