PROFILE OF THE POLICE PATROLMAN - A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PATROLMAN'S SELF-ATTITUDES AND HIS PERCEIVED PUBLIC ATTITUDES

• NCJ Number: 13598
• Author(s): S G BRIEGER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 129 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DISSERTATION - FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

Annotation

RESEARCH STUDY COMPARING THE PATROLMAN'S PERCEPTION OF THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION OF HIMSELF AND HIS JOB WITH HIS OWN PERCEPTIONS OF HIMSELF AND HIS JOB.

Abstract

THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PATROLMAN'S ATTITUDE AND HIS PERCEPTION OF THE PUBLIC'S ATTITUDE IN THE AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL STATUS, COURTESY AND RESPECT, TRAINING, THE INFLUENCE OF POLITICS AND THE PRESS, HONESTY, AND CRIME PREVENTION. THE RESULTS ALSO SUGGEST THAT THE PATROLMAN'S AGE, MARITAL STATUS, YEARS ON THE FORCE, AND EDUCATIONAL LEVEL DO NOT AFFECT HIS PERCEPTIONS OF SELF AND PUBLIC ATTITUDES. THE ONLY ATTITUDINAL AREA WHERE THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN PERCEPTION WAS THE PATROLMAN'S PHYSICAL CONDITION. THE SAMPLE POPULATION OF THIS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION WAS 107 POLICE PATROLMEN IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. DATA WERE GATHERED THROUGH THE USE OF A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WAS PRE-TESTED FOR ITEM CLARITY AND RESPONDENT COMPREHENSION. ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE AND A 63 ITEM BIBLIOGRAPHY.