What is a police force? - A constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law,
protect property and limit civil disorder
What does police mean - Describe the body enforcing the law and maintaining order
Why do police forces exist in the first place? - As a preventative role and for safety
Metropolitan police - Often considered the template for the North American police that followed the
European trend
Sir Robert Peel - a member of parliament, and became the post of secretary for the home department.
after seeing the rising crime statistics, he brought out the Metropolitan Police act.
Why did we have police forces? - The public didnt want to do it themselves
Where was the first police force in North America - Toronto in the 19th century
How did Policing begin in North America - As a volunteer organization but developed into a paid
"policeman" position with formal training
First signs of Canadian legal tradition - When Quebec city in 1651 adopted a watchman system modeled
after France.
Detective - Specialists who sole job was to determine who committed the crime and why. They
established themselves within police agencies working less individually and more cooperatively to close
cases
Constables - Appointed to lead a handful of volunteers. Simply hired as needed. Not until a year later
that five were hired and paid.
, North West Mounted Police - The forerunner of the RCMP. Created after confederation to police the
frontier territories of the Canadian west.
What are municipalities responsible for? - majority of the policing services.
OPP - One of the largest services in North America, provide rural policing and support for all police
agencies as required
Policing Standards Manual - contains guidelines to help police services understand the PSA
Police Services Act - regulations such as adequacy and effectiveness of police services regulation
Atavism - criminals were born to commit crimes due to biological deviance
Positivism - crime was the product of social causes
Why is atavism and positivism contradictory now? - Because it seems that the criminal mind is a blend of
thw two
Cesare Lombroso - Atavist and psychiatrist, considered to be father of modern criminology.
Recidvism - repeated criminal behaviour
Alexander Lacassagne - Positivist and professor of legal medicine. Referred to as a father of forensic
medicine.
Lombroso's theory - People are going to have certain physical characteristics if they have deviant
behavior. Demonstrated using skulls, tattoos, arguing that criminals were born deviant
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