ENVIRONMENT AND ORGANIZATION - A PERSPECTIVE ON THE POLICE (FROM THE POLICE - SIX SOCIOLOGICAL ESSAYS EDITED BY DAVID J. BORDUA - SEE NCJ-01765)

• NCJ Number: 2041
• Author(s): A J REISS; D J BORDUA
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 30 pages
• Corporate Author: John Wiley and Sons
• Publication Format: Book (Hardbound)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CHANGES IN POLICE PRACTICE AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ARE DISCUSSED AS THEY RELATE TO CHANGES IN URBAN COMMUNITY AND LEGAL CONTROL.

Abstract

DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLICE HAS NECESSITATED INNOVATIONS IN ORGANIZATION AND IN LEGAL CONTROL OF POLICE. SUCH INNOVATIONS CONTINUE, AND IT IS THESE CONTINUING CHANGES IN POLICE PRACTICE AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, AS ADAPTATIONS TO CHANGES IN THE URBAN COMMUNITY AND TO CHANGES IN LEGAL CONTROL OF BOTH POPULACE AND POLICE, THAT CONSTITUTE THE FOCUS OF THIS SOCIOLOGICAL ESSAY. SEVERAL TOPICS ARE SELECTED TO ILLUSTRATE THE GENERAL APPLICATION OF THE VIEWPOINT. THE FACTS ARE GLEANED FROM GENERAL OBSERVATION, RESEARCH UNDERWAY, AND LITERATURE ON THE POLICE. (EDITORS ABSTRACT MODIFIED)