ROLE AND CHARACTER OF POLICE IN AFRICA AND WESTERN COUNTRIES - A COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO POLICE ISOLATION

• NCJ Number: 39141
• Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY Volume: 4 Issue: 4 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1976) Pages: 383-396
• Author(s): J M WASIKHONGO
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Academic Press Ltd
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

EXPLORATION OF THE CHARACTER AND SOURCE OF POLICE-PUBLIC ISOLATION IN SELECTED AFRICAN COUNTRIES.

Abstract

DATA FROM FIELD STUDIES IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES ARE COMPARED, CONTRASTED, AND MATCHED WITH THOSE FROM NORTH AMERICA, INDIA, AND SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON THE OUTWARD MANIFESTATIONS AND EXTENT OF POLICE-PUBLIC ISOLATION AND ITS CORRELATES IN THESE COUNTRIES IS PRESENTED. RELEVANT MATERIAL FROM PREVIOUS FIELD STUDIES IS CONSIDERED. FINALLY, POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS FOR IMPROVING POLICE-PUBLIC RELATIONS ARE COVERED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP