PORTFOLIO OF RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS ON POLICE REFERRAL FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 44848
• Author(s): E OSTROM; E J SCOTT
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 133 pages
• Grant Number(s): 76-IN-99-0112
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Indiana University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE PORTFOLIO CONSISTS OF THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS USED BY THE POLICE REFERRAL SYSTEMS PROJECT DURING THE SUMMER OF 1977 IN THREE METROPOLITAN AREAS.

Abstract

THE METROPOLITAN AREAS INCLUDED: ROCHESTER, NEW YORK; TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA; AND ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. THE POLICE REFERRAL SYSTEMS PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE WORKSHOP IN POLITICAL THEORY AND POLICY ANALYSIS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY. SOME OF THE RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS WERE USED IN A COMPANION STUDY OF POLICE PATROL PRACTICES AND CONTAIN QUESTIONS NOT DIRECTLY APPLICABLE TO POLICE REFERRAL. EIGHT INSTRUMENTS ARE INCLUDED: CALL FOR SERVICE FORM, CITIZEN DEBRIEFING FORM, CITIZEN SURVEY FORM, PATROL ENCOUNTER FORM, PATROL GENERAL SHIFT FORM, POLICE OFFICER INTERVIEW FORM, REFERRAL AGENCY INTERVIEW FORM, AND REFERRAL AGENCY NARRATIVE FORM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).