POLICE SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES. 2D REV. ED.

• NCJ Number: 1882
• Author(s): B SMITH
• Date Published: 1960
• Length: 388 pages
• Sale Source: Harper and Row
• Publication Type: Overview Text
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

EXAMINED ARE STRUCTURAL, ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONAL COSTS, REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF CRIME PROPERTY LOSSES AND RECOVERIES, ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS, TRAINING.

Abstract

THE AMERICAN POLICE PROBLEM IS CLEARLY DEFINED AND RELATED TO CRIME CONTROL, CIVIC APPRAISAL, AND PUBLIC DEMANDS. POLICE TODAY NEED MORE AND MORE TO REEXAMINE THE BASIC ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING THE EXERCISE OF THEIR AUTHORITY. THE POLICE, IF THEY ARE TO BE A PROFESSION, MUST BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AS ENFORCERS RATHER THAN AS EVADERS OF OUR CRIMINAL CODES. (AUTHOR MODIFIED)