Detective policing Flashcards
What was clear by the 1840s?
That while the Bow street runners had offered an effective force, the new police had to replicate it
Metropolitan police constables were effective in preventing crime, but were not equipped to what?
Undertake complex investigations
What did the press do as a result of the Daniel Good case of 1842?
- The press exploited the police about how incapable they were at investigating crimes
- The press suggested that a detective branch should be established
The detective branch established under the police commissioner consisted of six sergeants, and two superintendents who feared what?
The system replicated that of Fouche in France
How many men did the detective branch increase to in 1856?
10
What happened to the detective branch in the 1860s?
-Numbers were increased at HQ and detectives attached to police stations in the divisions
When was the Scotland Yard established?
1875
What did the case of William Kurr in 1877 reveal?
- The corruption of the detective branch
- Three inspectors sentenced to two years imprisonment
- Committee of inquiry leads to the establishment of the CID
Who established the CID which comprised of 259 men out of a force of just under 10,000
Charles Vincent
How many men were stationed at Scotland yard?
30
How were detectives beginning to be viewed around the 1870s?
Increasing professionalism as evidenced by new procedures for investigation
What was an initial rule for dealing with murder cases released in 1879?
“The body must not be moved, nor anything about it or in the room or place interfered with and the public must be excluded”
True or false? The image of the police detective as a professional with sophisticated skills was slow to emerge after 1842
True
What was a significant problem of the ascent of the detective in England?
-Was that detection and uniform branches were integrated in the English system of policing and detectives often undertook preventative policing
What was the role of the detective in continental Europe?
A distinct and recognisable vocation (typically had detective branches distinct from uniformed police and had little organisational connection with them)
Where did specialisation begin to emerge among the detectives?
Scotland Yard
What was the importance of the Jack the Ripper case?
-Each police move in this case was reported in great detail and as time passed reports became more and more critical
How did the press portray detectives in the Jack the ripper case?
As incompetent, as they failed to track down Jack the Ripper
What did the Tory press sugest?
Better pay, limited numbers of female police, more surveillance, harsher sentences
True or false In the German states, particularly Prussia, during the 19th century distinct policing i.e. political crime, criminal policing and street policing were established
True
When was the Kriminalpolizei was established?
In 1872 - following the unification of Germany the previous year
What did the reforms of 1885 in Germany consist of?
Different departments for different sorts of crime
- Inspection A was geographic
- Inspection B concentrated on professional theft in all its varieties, also connected to criminal police (required scientific training
- Inspection C investigations for legal or business crimes
What happened as a result of reforms in 1899 Berlin?
-More reform was undertaken in 1899
after the trial of a tailor and pimp called Hugo Guthmann
After a nine day trial Guthmann was acquitted, why?
Because the police failed to acquire some pieces of vital evidence
What happened as a result of the Guthmann trial?
Overhaul of police procedure was proposed beginning with investigation of the crime scene
What was done in 1901?
Specialised people dealt with murder cases
