NCJ Number
1765
Date Published
1967
Length
258 pages
Annotation
THE PROBLEMS OF POLICE POWER VIEWED FROM CITIZEN AND POLICE PERSPECTIVES.
Abstract
FACED WITH A RISE IN THE DEMAND FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES FOR ALL AS WELL AS AN INCREASING CRIME RATE, POLICE AND SOCIETY ARE INCREASINGLY AT ODDS. EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE BY THE STATE AND FROM THE STATE IS EXPECTED BY ALL CITIZENS. CONFLICTS DEVELOP, HOWEVER, WHEN BOTH PUBLIC AND POLICE LOSE SIGHT OF WHICH MEANS ARE ACCEPTABLE IN ACHIEVING THIS END. THE AUTHORS POINT OUT THAT OUR SOCIETY SEEMS TO POSSESS A PROPENSITY FOR CREATING NEW LAWS, BUT IS NOT ALWAYS AS ZEALOUS IN ACCEPTING ALL OF THEIR IMPLICATIONS. A VIEW AT THE DEMAND FOR ORDER IN A CIVIL SOCIETY-THE ENVIRONMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE-RELATIONS WITH GANG MEMBERS AND POLICE-THE PROBLEMS OF A MORALS DETAIL-POLICE MORALE AND CITIZEN RESPECT-AND THE RELEVANCE OF A POLICEMAN'S BACKGROUND AND TRAINING.