Describes the experiences of children who have witnessed the homicide of a parent and are then legally compelled to tell what they have seen. Reviews issues arising from police questioning, qualification procedures, testimony in open court, and defendant sentencing. Recommends providing young witnesses with counseling to help them cope with…

Examines how television violence (1) serves as a socializing agent which presents to the mass viewing audience the conservative concept of legitimate violence, and (2) attempts to control the potential militancy of Blacks by projecting the violent Black police officer as a role model for Black youth. (CMG)

A pilot project involving 44 secondary schools in 3 school districts focuses the attention of the entire school community on crime and discipline problems. Incident reporting, crime analysis techniques, and resource teams are utilized. (MLF)

Describes a cooperative program designed to relieve police of their community social service role so that they may have more time for law enforcement crises. (Author)

This guide summarizes knowledge about how the police can help reduce bullying and violence in schools and provides measures to assess the effectiveness of problem-solving efforts. The guide draws on research findings and police practice from the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia. In section…

This paper discusses the provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) (sections 642 and 133) and outlines some concerns with the new Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Quick Response Team initiative. It also examines the current relationships among local police, the INS, and local Latino…

This report presents findings from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services ongoing evaluation of local School Resources Office (SRO) programs. Evaluation data were obtained from 3,244 Student Incident Reports (SIR), a survey of 2,067 school staff, a survey of 11,864 middle school and high school students, and 104 SRO quarterly…

This document presents the text of the Police, Fire, and Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998. This Act provides higher education financial assistance to the dependents of federal, state, and local public safety officers who are killed, or permanently and totally disabled as the result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line…

Needed changes in methods of law instruction for police officers and in society's attitudes toward law enforcement are discussed. (JB)

The research reported here explores the development of diffuse support among adolescents for those types of political authorities who have a high degree of public contact. Findings indicate respondents from three social levels have relatively optimistic expectations about treatment and with few exceptions, recall fair treatment. (JB)

This paper re -analyzes data collected by the Opinion Research Corp. for the Columbia Broadcasting Corp. in 1968. Two defense orientations among black and white adults are analyzed: reliance on police protection, and armed self-defense. Majorities of both groups were self- defense-oriented. (DB)

Analyzes the symbolic aspects of black and white modes of coping with urban riots and maintaining status quo. (KG)