NCJ Number
38424
Date Published
1976
Length
164 pages
Annotation
THIS VOLUME EXPLAINS HOW SOCIAL SCIENCE AND LAW CAN BE MERGED TO CREATE A METHOD OF COMMUNICATION WITH INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE POLICE.
Abstract
THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED AND PRESENTED IN THIS BOOK TOOK A VARIETY OF FORMS. A RESEARCH DESIGN WAS SET UP INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF HYPOTHESES AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A QUESTIONNAIRE TO OFFICERS OF NINE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POLICE DEPARTMENTS. PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION WAS INSTITUTED WHEREBY THE AUTHOR AND HIS LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE ACTIVE IN THE PROJECT RODE WITH OFFICERS OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS NOTING THEIR OPERATIONAL, I.E. HIERARCHICAL, PROCEDURES AS AN INSTITUTION. COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF THE COLLECTED DATA AND OBSERVATIONS WAS EXAMINED IN RELATION TO THE HYPOTHESES THROUGH A VARIETY OF STATISTICAL TESTS. THE END RESULT OF THE DATA PRESENTATION SUGGESTS THAT, WHEN SUBJECTED TO USE OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCE TECHNIQUES, THE POLICE CAN BE CONTACTED BY A PRIVATE CITIZEN USING CIVIL LITIGATION AS THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION; THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MAKEUP OF ITS OFFICERS AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL MAKEUP OF ITS BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE, WILL RESPOND POSITIVELY BY CHANGING POLICE POLICY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)