CRI210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Canadian Human Rights Act, Parish Constable, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
1 Feb 2017
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Policing by consent: police want support of public when doing their legal duties. Pledge system: every person was responsible for assisting neighbors and protecting village from thieves and other criminals. Tithings: groups of 10 families set up in villages to police minor problems than grouped into large area to form hundred whose duties looked after by constable appointed by local nobles. Coroner: made sure interests of crown upheld, including criminal matters. Coroner"s inquest: in indictable cases they were able to conduct preliminary hearings and sheriffs usually attended and participants attempted to determine cause of death of victim and whose responsible. Justices of peace: replaced shire-reeves, controlled entire county parish constable: expected to oversee criminal justice for his parishioners. Goals of police: prevent crime, detect and apprehend offenders when crimes committed. Success of police: protecting life and poverty, public order and eliminating crime.
