NCJ Number
102122
Journal
Police Studies Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Dated: (Summer 1986) Pages: 68-77
Date Published
1986
Length
10 pages
Annotation
The objective of this article is to deal with police-role transformation and its impact on perceptions of role dimensions and occupational prestige.
Abstract
Specifically, Neighborhood Police Officers (NPO's) who were previously car patrol officers (CPO's) are compared in role performance and sense of occupational prestige with CPO's to assess the change which occurred in the new role. The findings partially support the expectation that NPO's will score better on the two scales. This may imply that police jobs which are more 'community-oriented' have a positive impact upon officers. (Publisher abstract)