POLICE DEPARTMENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF CIVIL DISTURBANCES

• NCJ Number: 40994
• Journal: Sociology and Social Research Volume: 59 Issue: 2 Dated: (OCTOBER 1974) Pages: 30-38
• Author(s): E L QUARANTELLI; J R PONTING; J FITZPATRICK
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Southern California
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

THIS PAPER EXPLAINS POLICE REACTION TO AND PERCEPTION OF GHETTO RIOTS.

Abstract

A STUDY OF POLICE DEPARTMENT PERCEPTIONS OF FOUR DIFFERENT CIVIL DISTURBANCES IN AMERICAN CITIES, THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH KEY ORGANIZATIONAL PERSONNEL, YIELDS FIVE GENERAL PROPOSITIONS ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL PERCEPTIONS OF RIOT PARTICIPANTS AND DYNAMICS. IN GENERAL, SOCIAL CONTROL AGENCIES SAW SPECIFIC EVENTS AND PARTICULAR TYPES OF PEOPLE RATHER THAN SEQUENTIAL HAPPENINGS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS AS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF THE DISTURBANCES, ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT PERCEIVE THE DISORDERS AS BEING ORGANIZED OR PLANNED.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT)....BDS