DEMAND FOR ORDER IN CIVIL SOCIETY - A REVIEW OF SOME THEMES IN THE HISTORY OF URBAN CRIME, POLICE, AND RIOT (FROM THE POLICE - SIX SOCIOLOGICAL ESSAYS EDITED BY DAVID J. BORDUA - SEE NCJ-01765)

• NCJ Number: 2040
• Author(s): A SILVER
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 24 pages
• Corporate Author: John Wiley and Sons
• Publication Format: Book (Hardbound)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE DEMAND FOR ORDER IN A CIVIL SOCIETY IS REVIEWED WITH REFERENCE TO THE INCREASED DEMANDS WHICH IT PLACES ON POLICE.

Abstract

THIS ESSAY INDICATES THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MODERN UNIFORMED POLICE CONSTITUTED A RECOGNITION THAT COERCIVE SOCIAL CONTROL COULD NOT REMAIN IN THE HANDS OF NONSPECIALISTS, A RECOGNITION THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF SOCIAL INTEGRATION REQUIRED AN ORGANIZATIONAL DEPLOYMENT OF COERCION WHICH DEFINED ALL CITIZENS AS WORTHY OF PROTECTION, A RECOGNITION THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF ORDER REQUIRED THE SUBSTITUTION OF LAW FOR POLITICS AND THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE DAILY EFFORTS OF POLICE FOR THE OCCASIONAL AND OVERREACTIVE USE OF MILITARY FORCE. THUS VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS WOULD NOT BE RANGED AGAINST EACH OTHER AS ESTRANGED ENEMIES BUT AS COMMON MEMBERS OF A CIVIC COMMUNITY. (EDITOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)