SOSC 3655 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Metropolitan Police Service, Municipal Police, Tithing
25 Oct 2016
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Reading #1 - origins and evolution of police work. The development of policing in canada was strongly influenced by the system of policing that emerged in england in the early 1800s. Canadian policing has a unique history and has evolved so that its current structure is distinct of those in england and the united states. Full-time police forces operate under the state"s authority and enforces sets of codified laws. As societies increased in complexity, the effectiveness of these self-policing arrangements diminished: systems of codified laws were enacted. The hammurabi code in 1200 bc d similar codes of law during the. Similar developments occurred in greek city-states and in the roman empire. The vigils in the roman empire and the kin police in the greek city-states were early examples of policing. However, it was in england that policing was to evolve into an institution.
