This bulletin examines the effect of race on police decisions to take juvenile offenders into custody. Analysis of 1997 and 1998 data on 17 states from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Incident-Based Reporting System indicates that there is no evidence to support the hypothesis that police are more likely to arrest nonwhite juvenile…

This report is the second in a series that focuses on the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. It reports on a study of the effects of the Clery Act on law enforcement on college and university campuses, how institutions are distributing the mandatory reports on campus crime, and whether the Act has…

In many urban centers, responding to mentally ill people has become a large part of the police peacekeeping function. This article highlights the police role in handling mentally ill persons. Law enforcement options are discussed, including both formal and informal options. It is noted that officers decisions to hospitalize, arrest, or deal with a…

Faced with a $200-million-a-year loss in school property, schoolmen have come up with a kaleidoscope of ideas to halt acts of vandalism. (Author)

Our society permits conditions to exist in which laws cannot be enforced. To permit conditions that breed antisocial conduct to continue is our greatest crime. (Author)

To provide its police science students with a good understanding of human behavior and motivation, Owens Technical College (Ohio) emphasizes the social sciences in its law enforcement program. (RN)

The new director of a newly created office discusses the problems, policy formation, and challenges of being safety director of the New York City schools. (MF)

An attempt to explore the slanting and focusing effects an attitude set can have on the recall and interpretative processes. Occupational groups membership is cited as the relevant variable: the study indicates that this variable influences the interpretation of environmental events not the recall of these events. (SE)

Statistics and suggestions for the prevention of assaults on teachers. (AF)

Reanalyzes survey data from the perspective of socially shared discrimination as opposed to the individual experience of discrimination. Indicates that the effect of the individual experience of discrimination on the approval of violence is especially strong when shared with others. Discusses the socially shared experiences of job discrimination…

Uses data collected in 1977 to show that the decision to take a suspect into custody is influenced by the victim's dispositional preference, the race and demeanor of the suspect, the presence of bystanders, and the seriousness of the offense. Relates these findings to theoretical models of police behavior. (Author/GC)

Responds to Norman Langhoff's criticism of community college police education programs (JC 502 099), offering conflicting opinions on the role of the police and the functions and methods of police education. (JP)

California Polytechnic has abandoned the municipal police model in favor of a team approach to security, safety, fire, traffic, and crime control. (Author)

University police departments have come a long way in the past decade, and one of the reasons is professionally trained, well-educated personnel. (Author)

The knowledge and awareness of 100 police officers, 75 lawyers, and 35 judges regarding mental retardation and the mentally retarded offender were examined. (CL)