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Three Questions. What is police? What is policing? Was the British Bobby unique? How effective was ‘the Bobby on the beat’?. What is Police/Policing?. Crime fighting? Enforcing norms? What kind of society can you have that doesn’t have a body to do this?. Was the British Bobby Unique?.
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Three Questions What is police? What is policing? Was the British Bobby unique? How effective was ‘the Bobby on the beat’?
What is Police/Policing? Crime fighting? Enforcing norms?What kind of society can you have that doesn’t have a body to do this?
Was the British Bobby Unique? So people said to ensure he didn’t look French! No politics. No soldiers.
Why was the Met created? Rise in crime? Rise in disorder? System in need of reform? Determined politician?
Back to comparisons 1. German Police – Prussian then Nazi 2. US Police – rampantly democratic and political Both armed and violent.
A Typology of Police State civilian State military Municipal (civilian) 8
How effective was the Bobby on the beat? Obscured by romance Dixon of Dock Green And little knowledge of the past