NCJ Number
28495
Editor(s)
H W MORE
Date Published
1975
Length
505 pages
Annotation
IN THIS COLLECTION OF ARTICLES AND EXCERPTS FROM SPECIAL REPORTS, A WIDE RANGE OF POLICE PROBLEMS IS DISCUSSED, INCLUDING THE ROLE OF THE POLICE, POLICE DISCRETION, PROFESSIONALIZATION, AND UNIONIZATION.
Abstract
OTHER VITAL AREAS OF CONCERN ARE CIVIL DISTURBANCES, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, ETHNIC TENSIONS AND POLICE, AND POLICE MISCONDUCT. FOR EACH OF THESE MAJOR TOPIC AREAS, THE EDITOR INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY AND A SERIES OF RELATED SELECTIONS. AMONG THE SPECIFIC TOPICS COVERED IN THIS ANTHOLOGY ARE PROFESSIONAL POLICE PRINCIPLES, A FULL -SERVICE ORIENTATION TO POLICING, POLICE IN THE GHETTO, NEW DIMENSIONS IN RACE TENSION AND CONFLICT, CONTROLS ON POLICE DISCRETION, AND A PROPOSAL FOR IMPROVING POLICE PERFORMANCE. ARTICLES DEALING WITH SUCH AREAS AS SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF POLICE REACTION IN RESPONSE TO CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, POLICE ENFORCEMENT POLICY WITH RESPECT TO NONVIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, METHODS OF HANDLING COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE, ALTERNATIVES TO POLICE UNIONIZATION, AND OFFICER'S VIEWS ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ARE INCLUDED. ISSUES IN POLICE INTEGRITY, THE POLITICS OF CORRUPTION AND OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO POLICE PROFESSIONALISM ARE ALSO DISCUSSED IN VARIOUS SELECTIONS. (SNI ABSTRACT)