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This 9 page paper looks at the role of law and order in society. The paper starts by considering the purpose of law and order policies, the paper then looks at issues of accountability and how these relate to the law in UK, incldung the mechanisms to hold the police to account. The bibliography cites 16 sources.
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aimed keeping the peace and allowing society to operate. However, this is a glib argument and we can argue that law and order policies are made by the ruling classes
in order to maintain power and enforce values. Hermann Mannheim (1960) argued that there is a prominence in law in many countries as having a role that protects property. Chambliss
(1976) builds on this idea arguing that there were fewer laws, and the need for fewer laws in feudal societies. The issue is that the main property was land, which
was immovable, and the land owners were the undisputed owners who had the financial resources as well as the wealth creation tools. The result was a clear social hierarchy that
did not need a complex legal system. Chambliss argues that are there was ain increasing level of trade taking place, which increased the prevalence of movable property, the rise
of capitalism also saw an increased need for laws to protect property. Chambliss argues "The heart of a capitalist economic system is the protection of private property, which is,
by definition, the cornerstone upon which capitalist economies function. It is not surprising, then, to find criminal laws reflect this basic concern" (Chambliss, 1976). Furthermore, as noted
by Snider (1993) there is often seen a reluctance on the part of the capitalist government to pass laws that may threaten the profitability of the commercial concerns. This des
not mean restrictive laws are not passed, but at some level they are likely to involve market protection such as protecting the long term viably of the resource or even
consumer confidence in the market. Snider also argues that it is for this reason, the desire to protect the large commercial concerns is the reason why, in many countries there
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