The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to law enforcement:
Contents
- Essence of law enforcement
- Disciplines
- Basis of law enforcement
- Law enforcement agencies
- Law enforcement by region
- History of law enforcement
- Law enforcement equipment
- Criminal investigation
- Components of a crime
- Law enforcement training
- Law enforcement issues
- Law enforcement organizations
- References
Law enforcement – subsystem of society that promotes adherence to the law by discovering and punishing persons who violate rules and norms governing that society. Although the term may encompass entities such as courts and prisons, it most frequently applies to those who directly engage in patrols or surveillance to dissuade and discover criminal activity, and those who investigate crimes and apprehend offenders.
Essence of law enforcement
Disciplines
Basis of law enforcement
The reasons law enforcement exists:
Law enforcement agencies
Law enforcement agency (list) – government agency responsible for enforcement of laws. Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while some have other names (e.g. sheriff's office/department; investigative police services in the United States are often called bureaus (e.g. FBI, USMS, ICE, CBP, ATF, DEA, USSS etc.)).
Law enforcement by region
History of law enforcement
History of law enforcement
Law enforcement equipment
Criminal investigation
Criminal Investigation – applied science involving the study of facts, used to identify, locate and prove the guilt of a criminal. Modern-day criminal investigations commonly employ many scientific techniques known collectively as forensic science.