Chapter 2: Origins and Development of Law Enforcement

Spoils System

When political party members will reward their supporters with government posts when they win the election.

desire

The admiration that makes a job seem worthwhile.

Code of Hammurabi

2200 BC: standardizes laws and punishments in Babylon.

Statute of Winchester

1285: ________ establishes the watch and ward system in England.

400 800

________: Law enforcement in England is based on traditional notions of individual justice and punishment.

New Orleans

The ________ was the first to actively recruit African Americans.

Order Maintenance

When there is a policing or regulating in a public area.

Sports

________: African American and white people must have separate teams.

police officer

A(n) ________ needs full control of their emotions more than anything else, because acting calmly and firmly requires more work than acting violently.

Emperor Augustus

27 BC: Roman system of vigiles instituted by ________.

Legalistic

This refers to policemen who give threats or actually arrest someone to control their behavior.

African American police officer

The first ________ served in Washington, D.C.

Restrooms

There must be separate restrooms at establishments and institutions for African American and white people.

spoils system

It was created to abolish the ________ and reduce corruption in the government.

2200 BC

Code of Hammurabi standardizes laws and punishments in Babylon

1340 BC

Nile River Police established in Egypt

510 BC

Romans establish the Praetorian Guard and Urban Court

27 BC

Roman system of vigiles instituted by Emperor Augustus

400-800

Law enforcement in England is based on traditional notions of individual justice and punishment

899

System of shires, hundreds, and tithes is established by Alfred the Great

1285

Statute of Winchester establishes the watch and ward system in England

1326

Justices of the peace first appointed by the kind of England

1748

Founding of the Bow Street Runners in London

1829

Creation of the London Metropolitan Police

Metropolitan Police Act

1829

Bobbies

1856

Plessy v. Ferguson

"Separate but equal"

Interracial Marriage

An African American and white person are not allowed to get married

Restrooms

There must be separate restrooms at establishments and institutions for African American and white people

Sports

African American and white people must have separate teams

Spoils System

When political party members will reward their supporters with government posts when they win the election

Legalistic

This refers to policemen who give threats or actually arrest someone to control their behavior

Order Maintenance

When there is a policing or regulating in a public area

Faces of Reform

Early Leaders

August Vollmer

Father of Police Professionalism

Wilson

The protégé

J. Edgar Hoover

The FBI

1960s-

High school degree required

1964 Law Enforcement Education Program

This was created to help educate more officers

National Institute of Justice

The research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice

Part I

Violent personal crimes

Part II

Property crimes