NCJ Number
128997
Date Published
1979
Length
359 pages
Annotation
This volume presents a historical assessment of the use of the Prussian constabulary police during the Weimar Republic for the prevention and control of internal unrest in Germany.
Abstract
The discussion notes the concern after World War I about institutionalizing procedures for appropriate police behavior with respect to local uprisings, protests, and demonstrations. Prior to 1923, the police force operated in a repressive manner, but after 1923 it worked mainly in a preventive capacity and did not experience problems. Historical events gave rise to greater institutional capacity to train constabulary police in the prevention of internal unrest and to adopt more humane measures to resolve local conflicts. The discussion reviews the development and evolving theory of the use of police in the control of unrest and shows how police leadership developed from approaches based on service experience and oral tradition to one linked to training and the institutional acknowledgement of responsible police engagement. Footnotes, reference lists, appended tables, and photographs