POLICEMAN AND HIS SENSITIVITY TO CRIME

• NCJ Number: 3148
• Journal: Police Chief Volume: 36 Issue: 6 Dated: (JUNE 1969) Pages: 32-34
• Author(s): J S VERINIS; V WALKER
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: International Assoc of Chiefs of Police
• Publication Format: Article

Annotation

IN A TEST OF A SMALL SAMPLE OF POLICEMEN AND TEACHERS, IT WAS FOUND THAT BEING A POLICEMAN DID NOT CAUSE ANY DISTORTION IN PERCEPTION OR RECALL OF A SITUATION.

Abstract

WHILE BEING A POLICEMAN DID NOT CAUSE PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION, IT DID SEEM TO CAUSE DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF WHAT WAS PERCEIVED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).