CRIM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: History Of Rugby Union, Neighborhood Watch, Police Corruption
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Pretty much people who didn"t have to be up early for work: start of security guards. Teams of men would provide security to prevent slaves from escaping, and tracking down ones who escaped. When slavery was abolished, they lost jobs. Their skills led them to the law enforcement field: institutionalization of racism. Law enforcement was against blacks since they used to be slave patrols (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Boston, new york, and philly were first cities in america to have paid police. Development of civil services exams: had to test into being a cop, no longer mattered if you had connections. Civil rights movement: new look at due process. Priority of police was to help citizens and prevent crime. Focused on protection of citizens from threats and hazards (manmade and natural disasters) 3 goals of homeland security (terrorism related: prevent terrorism, minimize impact of terrorism, maximize recovery of terrorism.
