Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process
Third Edition
Learning Objectives
As a result of reading this chapter, you will be able to
- Describe how policing began in England, to include the four major police-related offices that evolved and came to America
- Discuss the three eras of policing and August Vollmer’s major contributions to advancing early policing
- Explain the duties and functions of selected federal law enforcement agencies and the departments into which they are organized
- Delineate the various types of specialized functions that are found in state law enforcement agencies
- Distinguish between the functions of municipal police and county sheriff’s agencies
- Describe the basic qualifications and attributes for one to obtain a career in a law enforcement agency
- Explain how and why private policing was developed, and the contemporary purposes and issues of the private police