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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.
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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.
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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
Criminal man (Lombroso) determined identification could be made by physical
characteristics inherent in criminals
Lacassange's theory used charts and maps of crime statistics in France and biographies of
criminals to link crime rates with geography. Societies have the criminals they deserve
Why were Lombroso's and Lacassagne's methods important? Formed the basis for
gathering empirical data on crimes and the people who committed them