How was the law enforced before the establishment of official police forces?

by AbedTheArab
Searocksandtrees

Sorry, we don't allow throughout history questions. These tend to produce threads which are collections of trivia, not the in-depth discussions about a particular topic we're looking for. If you have a specific question about a region/culture and time period, please feel free to re-compose your question and submit it again. Alternatively, questions of this type can be directed to more appropriate subreddits, such as /r/history or /r/askhistory.

Meanwhile, by way of example, you may be interested in this post as a starting point