those rights to a ruling body (i.e. the government). Then the ruling body then took on the responsibility of defending they right s of the people and deciding what was right and wrong.Over many years the idea of a policing body took many forms. In many societies they were just a group of hired men that served a particular person, needless to say they were not acting in the best interest of society. Usually these groups were made up of workless men whose only ability was his strength. As more years role by the policing body adopted a more sociological or philosophical approach. These tactics included using the people themselves to police them selves. An example of this would be in early china where the people were expected to report on the neighbors and families for crimes committed against the state and ruling body. The idea behind this was to instill fear and unknowingness in the public to give the ruling body an upper hand. In other societies instead of punishing the wrong doer for a criminal action the ruling body would punish the families of the wrong doer. This would created a society that one would prevent crime on the idea f not wanting to harm one’s family and two would created a society that would turn in a brother or neighbor to prevent harm done on one’s self for another’s actions. This would free up the government to deal with other matters. In the early 18th and 19th centuries the idea of crime control and regulation became the big thing. The idea of controlling the criminal class with bribes and suspicion of other criminal entities was the way the government hoped to put a leash on crime. So, we come to the police as we see it today, it is important to note that this is only a quick synopsis of the history of the police, to go into detail of the history of the police would take a long time. Today one of the largest topics of the police debate is; does the police pick on the minorities as a center for ...
