TRAINING POLICE RECRUITS FOR SERVICE IN THE URBAN GHETTO - A SOCIAL WORKER'S APPROACH

• NCJ Number: 4244
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 18 Issue: 2 Dated: (APRIL 1972) Pages: 176-183
• Author(s): J J HUGHES
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TRAINING POLICE RECRUITS TO EXAMINE THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD THE HUMANITY OF THEIR CLIENTS, AND TO DEVELOP THEIR PEACEKEEPING RATHER THAN APPREHENSION SKILLS.

Abstract

TRAINING METHODS WERE PARTICIPATIVE, CONCRETE, EXPERIENCE -BASED, COLLOQUIAL, AND ACTION-ORIENTED, THEY INCLUDING ROLE-PLAYS, FIELD VISITS, BUZZ GROUPS, A 'GHETTO GLOSSARY,' OUTSIDE INTERVIEWS, AND FEEDBACK, AS WELL AS LECTURES AND READINGS. THE DYNAMICS OF SEVERAL OF THE APPROACHES IN THIS GROUP ARE DESCRIBED AND DISCUSSED.