Module 2: TIMELINE, PERSONALITIES, AND RELEVANT LAWS Flashcards
as civilization developed, social and cultural traditions were codified into formal laws.
2100 B. C. BABYLON
implemented to detect those who refused to obey the law.
Code of Hammurabi
Rome created the first specialized investigative unit. It was named as QUESTORS/TRACKERS/MURDERERS due to their cruel treatment to suspects in investigating crimes.
5th CENTURY B.C., ROME
The Code of Hammurabi imposes the
Lex Taliones
Unpaid magistrates (judges), were appointed by the citizens to make decisions for the cases presented to them.
6th CENTURY B.C. ATHENS
King Alfred the Great established a system of “mutual pledge” (social Control), which organized for the security of the country into several levels;
9th CENTURY. ENGLAND
The Roman Emperor Augustus picked out special, highly qualified members of the military to form the Praetorian Guard, the Praefectus Urbi and the Vigiles of Rome.
AT ABOUT THE TIME OF CHRIST, ROME
enacted establishing a rudimentary criminal justice system in which most of the responsibility for law enforcement remained with the people themselves.
THE STATUTE OF WINCHESTER
THE STATUTE OF WINCHESTER was enacted
1285 A.D., ENGLAND
He was a buckle maker and a brothel operator; a master criminal who became the London’s most effective criminal investigator.
JONATHAN WILD
An English man who wrote a novel entitled “TOM JONES” and was appointed as magistrate (sheriff) for the areas of Westminster and Middle Age, London. He was the creator of the Bow Street Runners.
HENRY FIELDING
The younger brother of Henry Fielding who took over the control of Bow Street Court in 1753.
JOHN FIELDING
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A prominent London President who proposed the unique idea of creating sizeable uniformed force to police the city of London in order to remedy the public outcry concerning the increase of criminality during the early 1800s.
PATRICK COLQUHOUN
The first body of public-order officers to be named police in England
Marine Police
A force established in 1798 to protect merchandise in the port of London.
Marine Police
established a squad of ex-convicts to aid the Paris Police in investigating crimes. He worked under the theory of “Set a thief to catch a thief.”
EUGENE “FRANCOIS” VIDOCQ
the forerunner of our present-day credit card system
“Trade Protection Society”
The founder and chief organizer of London Metropolitan Police.
ROBERT PEEL
He introduced the techniques in detecting crimes such as detectives concealing themselves, and secretly photographing and recording conversations.
ROBERT PEEL
London Metropolitan Police employed the first undercover officer.
1833, ENGLAND
organized as the first law enforcement agency with statewide investigative authority. This is the forerunner of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
TEXAS RANGERS
explained a photographic process he had invented to the Royal Society of London.
WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT