Effective Law Enforcement In The 14th Century

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Unlike today effective law enforcement was not seen solely in terms of arrests and convictions, this was partly because it was sometimes difficult to apprehend suspects. Prior to the 14th Century, when a community failed to catch a suspect immediately, they still tried to identify the suspects so they could not return to their community or any other law-abiding community. The community lack privacy so identifying criminals was easier. This was a common legal practice, whereby the criminal would be labelled an outlaw and reduced to hunted, vermin, liable to arrest when seen and execution when arrested. This method of punishment isolated the person from any sense of community, because they were excluded from their homes and land shortages made