CRCJ 1000 Lecture 6: CRCJ 1000 Policing Studies

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Monaghan

Document Summary

Egon bittner: policing as non- negotiated solutions backed up by the potential use of force. The origins and evolution of police work in canada- we can identify a blend of the administrative control achieved over policing by the british and the more forceful and technology driven policing the us. Contributing historical forces: the nightwatch, urbanization and the british urban policing, british policing of ireland, the frontier, american policing styles and tech. Nightwatch: uk feudal societies, defensive systems to protect civilian pop, multiple forms of organization but often a reflection of community self organization not necessarily codified by larger, bureaucratic systems of rules and laws. Policing and class: early policing was largely about control, particularly with regards to the dangerous classes. The origins and evolution of police work in canada. Forcese: as a british colony, and a neighbor of the us, inevitably both these nations helped shape practices and institutions of canadian policing.