NCJ Number
11958
Date Published
1970
Length
232 pages
Annotation
DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE ARISEN IN POLICE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION IN RECENT YEARS, AND SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED IN RESPONSE.
Abstract
AN HISTORICAL-PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICE ADMINISTRATION IS PRESENTED. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES CONTEMPORARY POLICE AND THEIR ROLE IN SOCIETY, POLICE BUREAUCRATIZATION, PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND A REVIEW OF CORRECTIONS. HE EXAMINES SEVENTEEN SPECIAL POLICE PROBLEMS, SUCH AS RIOT CONTROL, MINORITY GROUP RELATIONS, AND HANDLING OF ABORTION, AND OFFERS HIS PREDICTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF POLICING. APPENDED ARE A LAW ENFORCEMENT CODE OF ETHICS, ORGANIZATION, PLANNING AND RESEARCH INFORMATION, AND A SAMPLE COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAM.