The document discusses the history and development of police forces around the world and various theories about how crime rates relate to societal development. It also outlines different models of policing systems used in different countries, such as the Continental model which focuses on arrests and punishment, and the Modern model which emphasizes low crime rates and citizen satisfaction. Finally, it provides an example outline for a research paper comparing a foreign police force to the law enforcement of the Philippines.
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The document discusses the history and development of police forces around the world and various theories about how crime rates relate to societal development. It also outlines different models of policing systems used in different countries, such as the Continental model which focuses on arrests and punishment, and the Modern model which emphasizes low crime rates and citizen satisfaction. Finally, it provides an example outline for a research paper comparing a foreign police force to the law enforcement of the Philippines.
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Every nation has its own law
enforcement agency called the Police. One
this is common. The police symbolize the presence of a civil body politics in everyday life; they symbolize the capacity of the state to intervene to common concern of the state for the affairs of the citizenry. It is therefore timely to discuss the connection of globalization to policing. Globalization is a package of transnational flow of people, production, investment, information, ideas and authority. Every law enforcement agency in the world is expected to be the protector of the people’s rights. Globalization has great impact on every human right. The emergence of an “International regime” for state security and protection of human rights, growing transnational social movement networks, increasing consciousness and information politics have the potential to address both traditional and emerging forms of law violation. 1. The First theory, which might be called the Alertness to Crime Theory. Is that as a nation develops, people’s alertness to crime is heightened. They report more crime to police and demand the police to become more effective in solving crime problems. 2. The Second theory, which might be called the Economic or Migration Theory, is that crime everywhere is the result of unrestrained migration and overpopulation in urban areas such as ghettos and slums. 3. The Third theory, Opportunity Theory, is that long with higher standards of living, victims become more careless of their belongings, and opportunities for committing crime multiply. 4. The Fourth theory, called Demographic theory, is based on the event when a greater number of children are being born. As these baby booms grow up, delinquent subcultures develop out of the adolescent identity crisis. 5. Fifth theory, Deprivation theory, holds that progress comes along with rising expectations. People at the bottom develop unrealistic expectations while people at the top don’t see themselves rising fast enough. 6. Sixth theory, Modernization theory, sees the problem as society becoming too complex. 7. Seventh theory, the Theory of Anomie and Synomie, (the latter being term referring to social cohesion on values), suggest that progressive lifestyle and norms result in the disintegration of older norms that once held people together. (Anomie) Folk-communal Society has little codification of law, no specialization among Police, and a system of punishment that just let things go for awhile without attention until things become to much, and then harsh, barbaric punishment is resorted to. Classic examples include the early Roman gentiles, African and Middle Eastern tribes and Puritan settlements in North America Urban-commercial Society has civil law (some standards and customs are written down), specialized police forces (some for religious offices, other for enforcing the King’s law), and punishment is inconsistent, sometimes harsh, sometimes lenient. Most of the Continental Europe developed along this path. Urban-industrial Society not only has codified laws (statutes that prohibited) but laws that prescribe good behavior, police become specialized in how to handle property crimes, and the system punishment is run in market principles of creating insensitive and disincentives. Bureaucratic Society has a system of laws (along with armies of lawyers), police who tend to keep busy handling political crimes and terrorism, and a system of punishment characterized by over criminalization and overcrowding. The U.S and perhaps only eight other nations fit the bureaucratic pattern. Juvenile delinquency is a phenomenon that only occurs in bureaucratic society. Common Law System also known as Anglo-American Justice, and exist in the most English-speaking countries of the world, such as U.S., England, Australia, and New Zealand. They are distinguished by a strong adversarial system are distinctive in the significance they attach to precedent. They primarily rely upon oral system of evidence in which the public trial is a main focal point. Civil Law System also known as Continental justice or Romano-Germanic justice, and practiced throughout most of the European Union as well as elsewhere, in places such as Sweden, Germany, France, and Japan. They are distinguished by strong inquisitorial system where less right is granted to the accused, and the written law is taken as gospel and subject to little interpretation. Socialist System is also known as Marxist-Leninist justice, and exist in many places, such as Africa and Asia, where there had been a Communist revolution or the remnants of one. They are distinguished by procedures designed to rehabilitate or retrain people into fulfilling their responsibilities to the state. Islamic System is also known as Muslim or Arabic justice, and derive all their procedures and practices from interpretation of the Koran. There are exceptions however, Various tribes are descendants of the ancient Greeks, and practice. Adversarial System where the accused is innocent until proven guilty. The U.S adversarial system is unique in the world. No other nation, not even the U.K., places as much emphasis upon determination of factual guilt in the courtroom as the U.S does. Inquisitorial System where the accused is guilty until proven innocent or mitigated, have more secret procedures. Outside the U.S., most trials are concerned with legal guilt where everyone knows the offender did it, and the purpose is to get the offender to apologize, own up to their responsibility, argue for mercy, or suggest and appropriate sentence for themselves. Selected Police Models – here are few of the chosen police system of different countries that are distinct with each other in many terms.
The basis of modeling police system is the
Continental and Modern police System. Continental Police System Policing is traditional in nature as it based its crime control efficiency to the number of arrest and people being put to jail for punishment.
Modern Police System
Uses measurement of crime control efficiency and effectiveness based on absence of crime or low crime rate to include citizens satisfaction in terms of peace and order that propels progress. 1. Switzerland Police 2. Ireland Police 3. Egypt Police 4. Police in Congo 5. Royal Bahamas Police Force 6. Royal Canadian Mounted Police 7. Mexico Police 8. Australian Police 9. Hawaii Department of Public Safety 10. Royal Papua new Guinea Constabulary 11. New Zealand Police 12. Law Enforcement in Argentina 13. Law Enforcement in Brazil 14. Law Enforcement in British Columbia 15. Law Enforcement in Japan 16. Police Organization in China 17. Singapore Police Force I. Introduction II. Body a. History and Origin of the Police Force b. Ranks and Insignia c. Current head of the Police Department d. Technologies used in Crime solving e. Equipment used by Law Enforcement f. Current Number of Personnel III. Comparison to Philippine Law Enforcement IV. Summary V. Recommendation VI. References Font Style = Arial Font Size = 10 Paper Size = Long Coupon Spacing = 1.15 Margins = 1’’ Right, Left, Top and Bottom