NCJ Number
2774
Date Published
1967
Length
87 pages
Annotation
THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ON BASIC POLICE TRAINING PROGRAMS AND THE STATUS OF SUCH POLICE TRAINING.
Abstract
A LITERATURE REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED ON POLICE FUNCTIONS, POLICE TRAINING, BASIC POLICE TRAINING CURRICULUMS, PROFESSIONAL POLICE JOURNALS, AND CURRICULUM TEXTBOOKS. SOME BROAD CHARACTERISTICS OF POLICE TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES INCLUDE - A COUNTRY-WIDE EFFORT TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE POLICE TRAINING, PROGRAM QUALITY DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO COMMUNITY SIZE, CURRICULUMS UNIFORMITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, CURRICULUMS BASICALLY SKILLS ORIENTED, BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL SYSTEMS OPERATING TO SELECT CONTENT, CURRICULUMS MOST OFTEN ORGANIZED ON THE BASIS OF SUBJECT MATTER, TYPICAL EDUCATIONAL METHOD IS THE LECTURER, CURRICULUM EVALUATION PRACTICALLY NONEXISTENT, AND POLICE TRAINING LEADERS ARE AWARE OF NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.