CRIME, YOUTH AND THE POLICE

• NCJ Number: 39938
• Journal: Bill of Rights in Action Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1977) Pages: WHOLE ISSUE
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 24 pages
• Corporate Author: Constitutional Rights Foundation
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

MAGAZINE ARTICLES DISCUSS BUILDING AN AMICABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUTH, THE POLICE, AND THE SCHOOLS IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE JUVENILE CRIME.

Abstract

ONE ARTICLE INCLUDES A SURVEY OF TEENAGE ATTITUDES TOWARD THE POLICE AND AUTHORITY. IT REPORTS THAT THE MAJORITY OF TEENAGERS ARE NOT HOSTILE TO THE POLICE, WHILE 25 PERCENT OF THEM DO RATE THE POLICE UNFAVORABLY. ANOTHER ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE PROS AND CONS OF TV CRIME SHOWS. ARTICLES ARE ALSO AIMED TOWARD YOUNGSTERS IN PERSUADNG THEM TO HELP REDUCE CRIME IN THE SCHOOLS AND ON THE STREETS. THERE IS AN ARTICLE ON POLICE PROCEDURES, THE MIRANDA WARNING, AND SEARCH AND SEIZURE....BS