COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, 2ND ED. - STUDY GUIDE

• NCJ Number: 58952
• Author(s): P D MAYHALL
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 71 pages
• Corporate Author: John Wiley and Sons
• Sale Source: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SELF-STUDY TESTS ADDRESSING POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SOCIETAL CHANGES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, COMMUNICATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN POLICING ARE PRESENTED.

Abstract

FOURTEEN SELF-STUDY TESTS OR GUIDES FOR POLICE OFFICERS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY GUIDE TO THE SECOND EDITION OF 'COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.' THEY FOCUS ON POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN GENERAL, CONTRASTS BETWEEN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, COPING WITH THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF BEING A POLICE OFFICER, PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, ROLE CONCEPTS, SOCIETAL CHANGES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS, BLOCKS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, SELECTIVE AND DISCRIMINATORY LAW ENFORCEMENT, POLICE-PRESS RELATIONS, THE YOUNG AND THE ELDERLY AND THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE POLICE, DILEMMAS OF DISSENT AND POLITICAL RESPONSE, CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN POLICING. THE FORMAT OF EACH SELF-STUDY TEST INCLUDES A SUMMARY OF THE TOPIC TO BE COVERED, OBJECTIVES, KEY TERMS, THE SELF-STUDY TEST, MATCHING AND MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS INTENDED TO INTEGRATE AND REINFORCE KNOWLEDGE, AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. SEE ALSO NCJ 58485 FOR THE TEXTBOOK. (DEP)