Policing In U.S.

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"The American criminal justice system is composed of three elements, the police, the courts and corrections, each of which serve a specific function. However, the purpose of this paper is to analyze a single component of that system by tracing the history of the policing of the American democratic society. Although modeled in part on the English system, American policing remains sui generis. Its uniqueness rests upon the ideals and concerns of the Founding Fathers of the United states in their desire to establish a system of government and policing without creating a centralized police power with exclusive control over the entire country (U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, Articles I, X). An examination of the history of policing in American reveals the evolution from the abecedarian watch and ward policing system during the seventeenth century..."

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