NCJ Number
13253
Date Published
1973
Length
79 pages
Annotation
ACTIVITIES OF RACE RELATIONS CONSULTING FIRM DURING PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAM OF POLICE TRAINING.
Abstract
THE COLUMBUS, GA., POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RACE RELATIONS CONSULTING FIRM WORKED TOGETHER ON A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT TO ESTABLISH MORE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE POLICE, DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS, AND THE COMMUNITY. DETAILS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM ARE DISCUSSED WITH COMMENTS ON PLANNING THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPING THE CURRICULUM. THE MAJOR PORTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS DEVOTED TO EVALUATION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM IN TERMS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN USED. THIS EVALUATION IS BASED ON A SAMPLE OF POLICE OFFICERS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM AS COMPARED WITH A SAMPLE WHO WERE NOT INVOLVED. IN THE FIRST SECTION OF THE EVALUATION DIFFERENCES IN SIZE AND CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN THE OFFICERS COMPLETING BOTH THE PRETEST AND POSTTEST AND THOSE WHO COMPLETED ONLY THE PRETEST ARE DESCRIBED. SOME OF THE STATISTICS USED IN THE EVALUATION ARE DESCRIBED. THE OFFICERS' PERCEPTION OF THE TRAINING AND OF THE EFFECT OF THE TRAINING ON THEIR JOBS, ON OTHER OFFICERS, AND ON THEMSELVES ARE REPORTED. THE MEASURES OF ATTITUDE CHANGE AND THE EXTENT OF OBSERVED CHANGE ON THESE MEASURES FROM PRETEST TO POSTTEST ARE DISCUSSED. FINALLY, HOW THE OFFICERS PERCEIVE THE USEFULNESS OF RACIAL AWARENESS TRAINING FOR OTHER GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY IS DESCRIBED.