DEPRESSIONS' EFFECT ON THE POLICE (FROM POLICE ADMINISTRATION - SELECTED READINGS, 1975, BY W J BOPP SEE NCJ-25773)

• NCJ Number: 25790
• Author(s): W J BOPP; D O SCHULTZ
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 2 pages
• Corporate Author: Holbrook Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

BRIEF LOOK AT TWO POSITIVE EFFECTS THAT THE DEPRESSION DURING THE 1930'S HAD ON POLICE OPERATIONS.

Abstract

FIRST, DURING THE DEPRESSION POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT FROM A POPULATION WHICH, FOR THE FIRST TIME, INCLUDED MANY UNEMPLOYED COLLEGE STUDENTS. SECONDLY, THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION, AMONG OTHER PROJECTS, BUILT OR REBUILT OVER 110,000 PUBLIC BUILDINGS, INCLUDING NEW POLICE STATIONS, FIRING RANGES, SUBSTATION, JAILS, MAINTENANCE GARAGES, AND POLICE ACADEMIES.