MIDDLE MANAGEMENT AND POLICE DEMOCRATIZATION - A REPLY TO JOHN E ANGELL

• NCJ Number: 19250
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1975) Pages: 363-377
• Author(s): L W SHERMAN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE RESPONDS TO AND DISAGREES WITH ANGELL'S 1971 PROPOSAL TO ABOLISH POLICE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT AS PART OF HIS DEMOCRACTIC MODEL OF POLICE ORGANIZATION.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR USES DATA FROM A SEVEN-CITY STUDY OF TEAM POLICING AND A.S. TANNENBAUM'S FRAMEWORK OF CONTROL IN ORGANIZATIONS TO DISCUSS THE PAST OBSTRUCTIONS AND POTENTIAL USES OF MIDDLE MANAGEMENT (LIEUTENANTS AND CAPTAINS) TO POLICE CHANGE. IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS OF MID-MANAGEMENT BE EXPANDED (RATHER THAN ABOLISHED OR NEUTRALIZED) AS A POSITIVE AID TO CHANGE. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED.