NCJ Number
73567
Date Published
1980
Length
40 pages
Annotation
To help the law enforcement agent deal effectively with a variety of human crisis situations, the bibliography lists approximately 600 publications dealing with human behavior, abnormal and normal personalities, and handling the mentally ill criminal.
Abstract
The police agent in today's modern society must be able to function in a variety of situations with a minimum amount of supervision. Peace-keeping, public service, law enforcement, and crime suppression and prevention are a few of the many dimensions of law enforcement. Nearly 80 percent of an officers' time is involved in providing services to the public and peace-keeping. Officers must become familiar with behavioral sciences and human behavior in order to deal effectively with the public and with crises situations. They should understand themselves and how to adequately deal with the stresses and strains of police work. Strategies for understanding these stresses, dealing with them, and for self-understanding are included in the bibliography. Documents cited included books, journal articles, films, and pamphlets. Most were published between 1970 and 1980. Annotations are not provided.