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when was "before the police"?
by questionmarks 6y ago
when was "before the police"?
- staticassertion 6y agoOften they're referring to New York in the 60s/70s. Of course, there were absolutely police back then. But they largely attribute the increase in their feeling of personal safety with a larger investment in police.
- jeffbee 6y agoStatistically crime in NY peaked in 1990.
- austhrow743 6y agoI would expect crime statistics to peak shortly after a surge in policing but not actual crime.
- username90 6y agoMurders peaked 1990 and not a lot of murders goes unreported. Then in just a few years NYC went from being one of the most murderous cities in USA to one of the least murderous cities.
- aspaceman 6y agoLawmen != police My town just had the sheriff for example. The sheriff had a small crew of 1-2 deputies and a secretary. When something really rough would happen, the sheriff would round up a crew. It was a really light group of people. Lots of differences between that, a militia, community policing, etc. Even today some rural communities are “policed” very differently. Now that same town has a standing police force of 40 officers, a K-9 unit, and they have fancy military vehicles. This is with a change from 5000->10000 in population. This was all up until pretty recently (1940s-1950s) too.