Police



Police

The law of the United States of America is a system that derives largely from the Common Law (Common Law) that was current at the law of England at the time of the War of Independence. Today the supreme law of the country is the United States Constitution and under the principle of supremacy of the Constitution, the laws passed by Congress and the treaties that the United States is a party, represents the next rung of the hierarchy of sources of law. These form the basis for federal laws under the federal constitution in the United States, establishing the limits of the law and federal laws in the fifty states and other territories of the country.

The legislation on criminal procedure in the United States of America is composed of a multitude of cases jurisprudential interwoven with federal and state laws that allow the creation and operation of police agencies and other bodies monitoring the law, along with Prison systems and procedures for criminal prosecution. The procedure of habeas corpus also applies in the United States, and is used by suspects or prisoners to face a possible unlawful detention and on the other hand, the Civil Rights Act of 1871 provides the appropriate legal channel to claim damages suffered a possible case of police brutality (Sir Robert Peel, 1829).

There are several theories presented on the basis of which police operates.

Systems Theory

The systems theory can be defined as a theory that outline or organize the pattern of conducting any activity. The theory helps police department to organize their work and perform their tasks in a proper manner so that greater efficiency can be achieved and crimes can be reduced in a society.

Contingency Theory

Contingency or Situational theory born in the late fifties, comes from research empirical isolated, made with the ...