TRADITIONAL POLICE ORGANIZATION - A PORTENT OF FAILURE (FROM POLICE ADMINISTRATION - SELECTED READINGS, 1975, BY W J BOPP - SEE NCJ-25773)

• NCJ Number: 25778
• Author(s): R D PURSLEY
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Holbrook Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

EXAMINES THE INADEQUACY OF TRADITIONAL PARA-MILITARY POLICE ORGANIZATION.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT TRADITIONAL POLICE ORGANIZATION WILL FAIL IN ALL BUT THE SMALLER DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE OF ITS INABILITY TO CONTEND WITH SOCIETY ITSELF AND ITS POWER TO REDEFINE ASPECTS OF THE POLICE ROLE. ITS FAILURE WILL ALSO BE ATTRIBUTED TO A RISING LEVEL OF EXPECTATION AND SELF-CONCEPT AMONG SOME POLICE OFFICERS THEMSELVES.