LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN (FROM POLICE PATROL READINGS, 2D ED. 1970, BY SAMUEL G CHAPMAN - SEE NCJ-01974)

• NCJ Number: 15181
• Author(s): D A BOOTH
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. VOLS 1 AND 2 ARE SOLD BY NTIS AS A SET - PB 240 282

Annotation

AN ARTICLE DISCUSSING SOCIAL CHANGES NECESSITATING REVISION IN PARTICULAR ADMINISTRATIVE, RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, AND ENFORCEMENT TECHNIQUES, TOGETHER WITH A DISCUSSION OF PARADOXES THAT HAMPER POLICE WORK.

Abstract

SOCIETAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN GENERATIONS, RACES, CLASSES, AND TERRITORIES, PRECIPITATING RIOTS, LOOTING, ARSON, AND VIOLENCE ARE CITED AS SYMPTOMS OF THE INSTABILITY AND ANXIETY INVOLVED IN PRESENT SOCIAL CHANGE. EXPANDED MOBILITY HAS INCREQSED VEHICULAR VIOLATIONS AND ACCIDENTS. IT IS POINTED OUT THAT SUCH SOCIAL CHANGES MAKE MANDATORY APPROPRIATE CHANGES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IF SOCIAL ORDER IS TO BE MAINTAINED. SOME CHANGES RECOMMENDED ARE THESE: ELIMINATE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND PARAMILITARISTIC TRAINING NOT RELEVANT TO THE TYPE OF WORK TO BE DONE, CENTRALIZE ADMINISTRATION, INCREASE SPECIALIZATION AND JOB BENEFITS, MORE NONWHITE PERSONNEL, AND MORE CIVILIANS TO PERFORM ADMINISTRATIVE WORK. DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1962 THAT ARE COMMENDED ARE: COMPUTER SYSTEMS, ASSIGNING POLICE TO BEATS THAT INCLUDE THEIR PERSONAL RESIDENCES, EXPERIMENTAL USE OF TV IN OBSERVATION, AND GREATER USE OF WOMEN POLICE. LAWS RESTRICTING POLICE WORK, ROLE INCOMPATABILITY, AND RESISTANCE TO PROFESSIONALIZATION ARE MENTIONED.