> Law enforcement is an idea that originated when law originated. There is no law without enforcement.
To the extent this anything more than circular it's false. Although psychopaths exist, on the whole compliance to a lesser or greater degree is a normal human trait. So you can tell people what the rules are and they'll obey to some extent. How much varies from person to person.
So the creation of specialist law enforcement bodies is a distinct and relatively modern change to civilisations. Before this, there is either no actual enforcement or it depends on whether a powerful person knows you broke a rule and cares to enforce it.
If you want to make your comment useful, you could share some information about where you understand policing in America to have originated.
Law enforcement is an idea that originated when law originated. There is no law without enforcement.
American settlers got the idea from the same place they got the idea for laws. Their home countries.
Enforcing laws isn't an American invention, let's not be ridiculous.
> Law enforcement is an idea that originated when law originated. There is no law without enforcement.
To the extent this anything more than circular it's false. Although psychopaths exist, on the whole compliance to a lesser or greater degree is a normal human trait. So you can tell people what the rules are and they'll obey to some extent. How much varies from person to person.
So the creation of specialist law enforcement bodies is a distinct and relatively modern change to civilisations. Before this, there is either no actual enforcement or it depends on whether a powerful person knows you broke a rule and cares to enforce it.
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