PROFESSIONS, THE POLICE, AND THE FUTURE (FROM POLICE IN SOCIETY, 1975 BY EMILIO C VIANO AND JEFFREY H REIMAN SEE NCJ-29466)

• NCJ Number: 29472
• Author(s): G WELTY
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Lexington Books
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A COMPLEX SOCIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE FUTURE EMERGENCE OF THE POLICE INTO A PROFESSION.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR RELIES HEAVILY ON THE STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONAL THEORIES OF TALCOTT PARSONS REGARDING PROFESSIONS, USING THESE THEORIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CLASSICAL CONCEPTION OF SOCIETY. BUREAUCRATIC CONTROL, IT IS CONCLUDED, MAKES PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE POLICE IMPOSSIBLE.