SOCL 3371 Chapter : Ch 7 Study Outline
Document Summary
A brief history on policing: introduction, mutual pledge system (middle ages) Called on community to police themselves (community self-responsibility) Broke up communities and families into tithings- grouping of 10 families making them responsible to protect each-other. Hue and cry: delegated men to issue a cry for help when needed, other members of tithing must respond to cry: watch and ward system (1285), statute of winchester- institutionalized hue and cry system (put into law). Required weapons in homes: earliest form of policing in the united states. 1712: first full time paid law enforcement organization: u. s. Main focus was apprehending and detaining fugitives: british influence. Thought it was possible to discourage and prevent crime by patrolling rather than occupying fixed posts. Had uniforms, rankings, and first to look at possibility to prevent crime rather than just respond. 9 principles : 1) basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder: secret service.
