SUBURBAN POLICE DEPARTMENTS - TOO MANY AND TOO SMALL

• NCJ Number: 12291
• Author(s): E OSTROM; R B PARKS
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 36 pages
• Grant Number(s): 5 R01 MH 19911-02
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Note: REPRINTED FROM URBANIZATION OF THE SUBURBS, 1973, BY LOUIS H MASOTTI AND JEFFREY K HADDEN

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF FOUR HYPOTHESES DERIVED FROM ARGUMENTS FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF POLICE WITHIN METROPOLITAN AREA AND CONSEQUENT ELIMINATION OF MOST SUBURBAN POLICE FORCES.

Abstract

FINDINGS FROM PREVIOUS STUDIES WHICH UTILIZED AGGREGATE STATISTICAL DATA ARE DISCUSSED. THE RESPONSES TO A NATIONWIDE SAMPLE SURVEY OF CITIZENS LIVING IN A VARIETY OF URBAN LOCATIONS RANGING FROM SMALL, SUBURBAN MUNICIPALITIES TO VERY LARGE CENTER CITIES, ARE ANALYZED. ALSO PRESENTED ARE THE FINDINGS FROM TWO COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF SIMILAR NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN SINGLE METROPOLITAN AREAS SERVED BY SMALL AND LARGE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. THE MAJOR CONCLUSION WHICH CAN BE DERIVED FROM THE ANALYSIS IS THAT PROPOSALS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF SUBURBAN POLICE DEPARTMENTS BY CONSOLIDATION ARE NOT BASED ON FIRM EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)