LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE JUVENILE - A STUDY OF POLICE INTERACTION WITH DELINQUENTS

• NCJ Number: 7345
• Author(s): C R GUTHRIE
• Date Published: 1964
• Length: 372 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF POLICE-JUVENILE CONTACTS AS REPORTED BY POLICEMEN AND ANALYZED IN TERMS OF RECURRING PATTERNS AND ATTITUDES.

Abstract

CALIFORNIA POLICEMEN REPORTED INDIVIDUAL INCIDENTS WHICH SEEMED TO BEST TYPIFY BOTH EFFECTIVE AND INEFFECTIVE INCIDENTS WITH JUVENILES. THE AUTHOR ISOLATED CHARACTERISTICS, SUCH AS THE USE OF FORCE, AND CLASSIFIED THE REPORTS BY OCCUPATION. THIS WORK PRESENTS A SAMPLING OF THE INCIDENT REPORTS, SOME ANALYSIS OF THE DATA, AND MANY SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH.