NCJ Number
15809
Journal
SECURITY GAZETTE Volume: 16 Issue: 8 Dated: (AUGUST 1974) Pages: 292-295
Date Published
1974
Length
4 pages
Annotation
THE DIFFERENT TRENDS IN THINKING AND EFFORTS AT CRIME PREVENTION IN ENGLAND ARE TRACED FROM THE 17TH CENTURY UP UNTIL PRESENT TIMES.
Abstract
THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES HOW THE GOVERNMENT WENT FROM A RELIANCE ON THE THREAT OF SEVERE PUNISHMENT TO DETER CRIME TO A SYSTEM OF PROFESSIONAL NIGHTWATCHMEN AND EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO REPORT CRIMES, ALSO RELATED ARE THE ATTEMPTS AT SETTING UP AN ORGANIZED PREVENTIVE POLICE FORCE IN LONDON WHICH FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN 1829. THE RISE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME DETECTION AND THE PROSECUTION OF CRIMINALS IN THE LAST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY IS ALSO DISCUSSED ALONG WITH TWENTIETH CENTURY EFFORTS TO RENEW INTEREST IN CRIME PREVENTION. (THE SECOND HALF OF THIS ARTICLE LOOKS AT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE AND THE PUBLIC IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME, AND COMMENTS ON SOME POSSIBLE FUTURE TRENDS.)