CJ 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: New York City Police Department, History Of Rugby Union, Political Machine

• School: App State
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJ 2120
• Professor: Kenneth Mullen

Document Summary

The last decade of the 20th century may be the most creative period in policing since the modern police officer was put onto the streets of london in 1829. The history of the american police can help us understand policing today. The study of police history can: highlight the fact of change, put current problems into perspective, help us understand which reforms have worked, alert us to the unintended consequences of reforms. American policing is a product of english heritage, which included english common law, value on individual rights, the court systems and forms of punishment, and different law enforcement agencies: contributions of english heritage to american policing: Tradition of limited police authority (i. e. bill of rights) Decentralized and fragmented police system (i. e. 15,000 separate law enforcement agencies) Before the london police, all law enforcement was reactive. Preventive patrol was used to implement crime prevention.