CRM 3305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Geneva Conventions, Macdonald Commission, Campus Of The University Of Oregon
17 Jan 2017
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Gerund: a peculiar world n and verb: police is an action and a thing. There have been many definitions of policing, from 1650 to now policing has done an about-face. Mercantilists believe a markets purpose is to grow the sovereign. Mercantilism was an economic theory and practice, dominant in europe from the 16th to the 18th century, that promoted governmental regulation of a nation"s economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers. As you change your understanding of the purpose of the state, your understanding of police will change too. Policing is much more narrow than it used to be. Used to be everything the government does to maintain markets. Now is restricted to pretty much men and women in blue uniforms) Few people thought modern public policing would work (1829) peele police force. 1940-1969: modern public policing definition dominated (brief period)
