Presents the findings of a community planning survey of law enforcement personnel regarding their views of drug and alcohol problems. Results were used in planning for a public inebriate grant, providing input into the legislative process through testimony to the legislature, and for identifying training needs in drugs and alcohol. (Author)

Racially motivated and/or targeted violence is a priority criminal justice issue for New York State. Racially motivated violence occurs when the perpetrator's intent or conscious objective is to injure a person or his property because of the person's racial identity. The following factors may explain the occurrence and recent increase in racial…

Studies of criminal law practices suggest that variations in treatment from locality to locality depend on the judicial culture of the particular city, socioeconomic status of the accused, and the attitudes and actions of the police. This journal is available from the Law in American Society Foundation, 33 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1700; Chicago…

A study of the criminal justice system in New York City found that blame has been thrust on the judges, the police, the district attorneys, and the probation officers. To find out if there is, indeed, a system of criminal justice and if the necessary responsibilities, authority, and accountability for the successful conclusions to steps in the…

This brief booklet gives information concerning acts of bigotry in Los Angeles County and offers suggestions for combatting them when they occur. In the area studied, the actions have been largely directed against Jews and Blacks with a few incidents concerning Hispanic Americans and Asian/Pacific Americans. The booklet suggests that these actions…

Participants were recruited from the Police Department and from residents of Syracuse, N. Y., for 20 weekly sessions of four five-week blocks; a steering committee of police personnel, residents, and a coordinator planned the training sessions to build human relations skills and responsibility on both sides. (AJ)

This article, adapted from a speech made before a state wide meeting of Human Rights workers in Denver, December 1974 asserts that agencies fighting for Human Rights must continually advocate social reform, and argues that in considering the role of Human Rights Agencies in today's atmosphere, attention must be focused on evolutionary social…

Major rape policy issues confronting police administrators are presented. Some of the issues addressed include: (1) Should rape calls be handled by a patrol officer, a trained patrol specialist, or some type of special unit? (2) How should rape investigators be selected? (3) What kind of training is necessary for rape investigators? (4) How can…

In this paper the Transition, Inc. program of the city of Miami is examined. This program's main concern is to help ex-offenders in their re-socialization process by offering them moral as well as financial support. It is evidenced from the goal and objectives of the Transition, Inc. program, its rehabilitative results and related literature that…

Prepared under authority of the Economic Opportunity Act, this New Careers report offers suggestions on how police departments can improve relations with inner city disadvantaged residents (usually minority groups) by using hard core unemployed community members to close the information gap on both sides, provide community services, relieve the…

Seminars conducted for 90 officers were evaluated by personal observation of the seminars in progress and by a comparison of seminar participants and nonparticipants. The evaluation revealed that the initial strong impact of the seminars tended to dissipate rather quickly over time. Other major findings were that seminar participants tended to…

Better understanding, openness, and trust among black and white police officers would increase police effectiveness in dealing with police-community relations. This study discusses a program to improve black-white police relations through role playing techniques and small group interactions on problems of human relationships. Longitudinal in…

This report is one of a series of five describing a 16-month study of the nature and extent of the private police industry in the United States, its problems, its present regulation, and how the law impinges on it. A general discussion of the sources of legal limitations upon private police activities and personnel and sources of legal powers is…

This report is the last in a series of five describing a 16-month study of the nature and extent of the police industry in the United States, its problems, its present regulation, and how the law impinges on it. In this volume, certain types of public forces not having general law-enforcement responsibilities are described, including reserve…

Underscores the importance of police officers understanding mental retardation when dealing with mentally retarded offenders. Describes a study comparing the effectiveness of two instructional methods for increasing officer knowledge about the mentally retarded. Discusses implications for police educators and ways of identifying mentally retarded…