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The Modern Police

The Modern Police. I. Urban Crisis A. Vice B. Dangerous Classes C. The Problem of Anonymity II. Divided Society A. Moral Reform B. Mass Politics C. Early American Policing III. The Birth of the Modern Police A. Precursors B. Reforms C. The Detective

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The Modern Police

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  1. The Modern Police I. Urban Crisis A. Vice B. Dangerous Classes C. The Problem of Anonymity II. Divided Society A. Moral Reform B. Mass Politics C. Early American Policing III. The Birth of the Modern Police A. Precursors B. Reforms C. The Detective IV. Myth and Reality A. Theory B. Practice C. Failings

  2. Urban Order • Prostitution, drinking, crime, squalor • Dangerous classes

  3. Anonymous Society • Market Revolution • Opportunities for crime Barnum’s Museum, 1850 

  4. Divided Society Moral reform versus Mass politics Mob attacking abolitionist Lucretia Mott

  5. Early American Policing • Constable • Night Watch • Thief Taker

  6. Precursors • Sir Robert Peel • London Metropolitan Police • “Peelers,” “Bobbies”

  7. Reform • Scope • Visibility • Professionalism New York City Metropolitan Police, 1860

  8. The Principles of Detection • Invisibility • Profiling • Science Interior, Chief Detective Col. Baker’s office, Washington, DC, 1865

  9. Prevention

  10. Class Control • Police as social workers • Chicago Lager Beer riot, 1855 Police inspect lodging house, 1872

  11. Brutality • Sweat Box • Third Degree • Sap “Clubber” Williams

  12. Political Police Mayor Fernando Wood

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