POLICEMAN - AN INSIDE LOOK AT HIS ROLE IN A MODERN SOCIETY

• NCJ Number: 13645
• Author(s): W ARM
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 160 pages
• Sale Source: E P Dutton and Co
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A NARRATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE POLICE INSTITUTION, HISTORY AND ROLE FOCUSING ON THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Abstract

BEGINNING WITH A HISTORY OF 'POLICE' AS AN EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY IN POWER, IT DEALS WITH THE GROWTH IN OUR COMPLEX CIVILIZATION OF CRIME AND OF POLICE ORGANIZATIONS TO COMBAT IT, INCLUDING THE TRAINING AND DUTIES OF THE POLICEMAN, THE DETECTIVE, AND THE SPECIALISTS WHOSE SKILL, EXPERIENCE, AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE BACK UP THE PATROLMAN ON HIS BEAT. THE ISSUES OF BRUTALITY AND CORRUPTION AMONG POLICE ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)