Research topic: secret police

secret police policing organization operating in secrecy for the political purposes of its government, often with terroristic procedures. The Nature of a Secret Police Enforcement of the law has required, in nearly all societies, a certain amount of secrecy, particularly in the investigation of crime and the identification of what are often considered conspiracies. The emergence of a uniformed, clearly recognizable police force is of much more recent origin than secret bodies formed by governments for their protection from internal and external attack. In its wider meaning, the... Read more