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Policing during and after the first world war Flashcards

1
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What were the conditions for policing like during the first world war in Britain?

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Became progressively worse including:

  • low pay
  • They had 1 day off in 7 days, 1 day off in 14 days and then 1 day off in a month
  • Many worked a second job
  • They were forced to carry out unpleasant tasks
  • Union activity increased
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What was founded in Britain in 1914?

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A female police force

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What was the significant purpose of the female police force in Britain?

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Designed to deal with pimping, prostitution but became unpopular for harassing prostitutes but not their clients

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What happened throughout Britain in 1918?

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There was a major strike of the Met police in which the employees asked for better pay and conditions and union recognition for the female police force

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What did police strikes in Britain between 1918 and 1919 lead to?

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A police bill which prohibited officers from belonging to a union

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What did Lloyd George say about the police bill in Britain?

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It brought the country nearer than it had been at any time before or since Bolshevism (communist form of government in Russia in 1917)

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True or false? There was greater cooperation & coordination of police post WW1

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True

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What was one of the main concerns surrounding policing in inter-war Europe?

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Concern about extreme left & right political groups

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What were the 3 significant reasons why police in inter-war Europe needed to become upholders of democracy?

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  • Education of police about democracy
  • Sympathy for right wing groups
  • Smooth transition of police to fascist regimes
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When were new technologies built on the incorporation of machines and techniques throughout Britain?

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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries

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What were examples of new technologies throughout policing in Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

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  • Fingerprinting

- And the use of Teletypes and telegraphs

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What did the use of cars do in the inter-war years in Britain?

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They became prominent both as a means of controlling traffic but also as a way of quickly getting to crime scenes

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What were the specific advancements of telecommunications in the early 20th century in Britain?

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  • 1929 police box system

- 1937 (999) system

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When did the Metropolitan police forensic laboratory open?

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1935

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What does policing in Berlin in the inter war era offer?

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Insight into one of the most professional and highly organised police services in Europe

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What did policing in Berlin in the inter-war era also demonstrate?

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How the challenges of policing in the unstable post-war climate were met

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In the years after 1918 what did Germany experience a significant surge in?

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Both violent and property crime

18
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True or false? Complains if first and second degree murder in Berlin increased from 1911 to 1922 and again in 1924

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True

19
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What also reflected the surge in violet crime in Germany following 1918?

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National statistics

20
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What happened to political crime, particularly political murder in Germany following 1918?

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It grew rapidly

21
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What other types of crime also experienced significant growth in the years immediately following the first world war throughout Germany?

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Property crime - reaching its highest point in 1923

22
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What did demobilisation and inflation lead to throughout Germany following WWI?

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Increased theft in many urban areas and the spread of crime to the countryside

23
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What happened to organised crime regarding gang involvement in Germany following WWI?

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It became more prevalent as urban gangs mobilised to orchestrate rackets in prostitution, pornography, gambling and burglary

24
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While the press throughout Germany gave the impression that the Weimar Republic was under siege by murderers and gangsters following WWI what was it that had a direct impact upon ordinary Germans?

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Everyday crimes such as petty theft

25
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What created the impression that police were not productive enough in the immediate post-war period across Germany?

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-Disorganisation and underfunding of law enforcement in many parts of the Weimar Republic

26
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Following WWI what did the German police undertake the process of?

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Reorganisation and professionalisation

27
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What did the terms of the treaty of Versailles prohibit and what did this force the Germany police to do?

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The organisation of the Weimar constabulary along military lines which forced them to think of themselves as a professional law enforcement agency

28
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True or false? The new German police force was better armed than that prior to the war

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True

29
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Why did recruitment policy and training of the new German police change?

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To reflect the new emphasis on professionalism

30
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Where did policeman in Germany begin to be recruited from and what did they undertake?

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The civilian population who undertook specialised training

31
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What were the advantages of the new German police recruit?

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-They were younger, fitter, and better educated than those of the pre-war years

32
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What did the difficulties associated with policing a modern industrial society also see the security police and criminal police of Germany adopt?

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A range of new technology and scientific techniques during the inter-war period

33
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What did cars, teletypes and radio transmitters enable the Weimar police to do?

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Move and communicate more efficiently

34
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What did the criminal police in Berlin introduce between 1919 and 1927?

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A range of new forensic techniques including fingerprinting and ballistic tests

35
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What did the newly introduced forensic techniques of the criminal police in Berlin demonstrate?

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The eagerness of the criminal police to make detection as scientific as possible

36
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What did the Kripo also adopt methods derived from?

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The new social and applied sciences, including psychology, sociology and graphology

37
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What two things were instrumental to the Kripo’s claim to be a professional crime-fighting agency?

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Science and technology

38
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In order to advance in the criminal police in Germany recruits needed to be familiar with what?

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Police science and criminology

39
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Why did the Weimar police need to invest in communication technology, weaponry and transportation?

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To maintain order in an increasingly technological society

40
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In order to gain help from the public what did the Weimar police do in the mid to late 1920s?

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Engaged in a series of public relations exercises

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