AMERICAN POLICE - MINORITY OR POLITICAL SUBCULTURE (FROM POLICE ROLES IN THE SEVENTIES - PROFESSIONALIZATION IN AMERICA, 1975 BY JACK KINTON - SEE NCJ-31601)

• NCJ Number: 31604
• Author(s): R L KELLER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Social Science and Sociological Resources
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF THE POLICE AS A MINORITY OFFERING SUGGESTIONS AND ESTABLISHING REASONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPT IN WHICH THE POLICE ARE VIEWED AS A POLITICAL SUBCULTURE.

Abstract

POINTS CONSIDERED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIEW OF THE POLICE AS A POLITICAL SUBCULTURE ARE THE CONCEPT OF THE NON-ETHNIC MINORITY, THE CONCEPT OF THE POLICE AS A MINORITY, THE CHARACTERISTICS OF RIGHT-WING GROUPS TO DETERMINE IF THEY CAN BE CONCEPTUALIZED AS A MINORITY IN ANY MEANINGFUL SOCIOLOGICAL SENSE, AND THE POLICE AS A RIGHT-WING POLITICAL GROUP. A NUMBER OF RECENT POLICE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ARE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED AND EVALUATED.