Law Enforcement in Society

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This paper looks at the creation of the police force in Great Britain, which set a criminal justice system precedent that Western nations are still adhering to, for conservatives continue to believe that professional police departments offer the best means of preserving order in society. It looks at how this response to crime has succeeded to a certain extent and how it ignores the fundamental causes of crime, which are psychological, social, and economic in nature.

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"Two centuries ago, the creation of a professional police force in Great Britain set a criminal justice system precedent that Western nations are still adhering to, for conservatives continue to believe that professional police departments offer the best means of preserving order in society. This response to crime has succeeded to a certain extent, but it ignores the fundamental causes of crime, which are psychological, social, and economic in nature. In the early nineteenth-century, Sir Robert Peel theorized that professional, `new police' forces offered a practical solution to crime. His arguments persuaded British authorities that crime rates could be reduced and public order could be maintained by a vigilant police force of trained officers. "

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