This letter from a faculty member at Stanford University to the U.S. Assistant Attorney General "offers unusual perceptions of faculty opportunities for helpfulness in student disorders, and persuasive arguments for government to leave the essential responsibility for the problem of disorder to campus authorities. (Editor/WM)

Concludes that criminals and victims depicted in television programing differ greatly from those in real life in that more are White, over 30, female, and middle class. (FL)

Investigated adult development of police officers compared to the development of subjects in Daniel Levinson's study. Interviews with 23 male police officers indicated that their lives generally corresponded to Levinson's theory. The nature of subjects' psychosocial stages was similar to Levinson's model for some age periods, but not all.…

Discusses the meaning and origins of the word "argot," its cryptic character, and its function in a closed social group, focusing on a comparative description of the French and Anglo-American vocabulary of the underworld and the police. Comments on shared traits and provides an insight into the differences. (MES)

Used photographs and biographical descriptions of female deputy strangers to examine effects of femininity and competence on male deputy attraction to and work acceptance of female deputies. Findings included an attraction preference for feminine-competent female deputies, and greater tolerance of feminine-incompetent female deputies for staff…

Studied the effect of different base rates of a target phenomenon on psychometric efficiency when an explicit decision-making rule was used to evaluate police officers. Concluded that numerous predictive indices would be required to screen such a heterogeneous population. (Author/JAC)

Vocational scales other than those describing the occupational group in question may often predict job performance. A case is reported using Holland's Self Directed Search and two groups of policemen. Scores on the Artistic and Conventional scales consistently predict effective performance as a patrolman. (Author)

Reviews legal methods by which local police departments can increase their proportions of women and minority group personnel. Lists various federal agencies with responsibilities in the area of police department employment practices. (GC)

Recent crime control laws have negatively impacted children of color, imposing a form of social control. Increased laws and punishments have not deterred juvenile delinquents but rather increased the number of criminals. Recommends teaching children about the justice system through education on the Constitution, thus encouraging them to obey the…

Impetus to prosecute child abuse has increased considerably with earlier involvement of police and legal reforms for more child-centered practices. Research on implementation of the Memorandum of Good Practice is presented to propose that prosecution of abuse is neither achieved nor achievable in majority of cases and that assumption on which…

Studied the reactions to video-based and reading comprehension tests of 105 African American and 361 Caucasian applicants for state trooper positions and the impact the reactions had on the construct measured by the test. Results show relatively favorable impressions of both tests. Perceptions of examinees regarding selection procedures did not…

Outlines 21 actions, both immediate and over the long term, that administrators can take to protect students and schools from terrorist activities. Includes establishing a chain of command, a command post, a crisis response team, a communications staff, and inservice training. (four references) (MLF)

A former police investigator advises school administrators how to respond to allegations of sexual abuse of students by school personnel. Administrators should recognize that such crimes do occur, maintain impartiality, follow strict notification protocols, and allow police and the child protection agency to investigate charges. Internal policy…

This interview of an expert in crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and homicides, concentrates on the subject's experiences as a death investigator. Topics covered include the death investigator's duties, the kinds of services such an investigator provides, the different problems an investigator must solve, and a profile of homicide…

A study compared police officers' physical fitness levels with workers' compensation (WC) claims. Officers who collected WC were predominantly female, younger, and lower ranking, with better physical fitness than officers not collecting WC. Officers in the second highest fitness level and older officers with greater cardiovascular fitness had…