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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > police and law enforcement > reform, police and enforcement

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reform, police and enforcement  

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  • There are two broad categories of police reform: performance and enforcement. Performance reform efforts are aimed at improving how the police conduct business and began with the professionalization movement in the early 1900s. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Reform, Police and Enforcement]

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