This study concerns police services delivery in small-to-medium sized metropolitan areas. It addresses three broad issues: the producers of police services, agency cooperation and service delivery, and agency size and service delivery. Each issue is treated in a separate chapter and includes a discussion of several related questions. The 80…

Addressed in this speech are police/minority relations problems, particularly the issue of police use of excessive force. References are made to studies and reports on the subject and the difficulty in getting adequate and substantial information on the patterns of occurrence where community friction arising from the use of excessive force is…

This booklet describes the Police/Student Relations (PSR) project, which is a new approach to delinquency prevention. The method which is outlined used parts of familiar program plans, but takes advantage of natural abilities and characteristics which allow children to continue functioning in a healthy way, changing their attitudes before they…

The Youth Section of the Dallas Police Department has instituted an innovative police diversion project entitled the Youth Services Program as an operational unit of the police department. Fourteen civilian counselors supervised by a police lieutenant function as a diversion unit for arrested juveniles between the ages of 10 and 16. Juveniles that…

Describes the difficulties inherent in studying behaviors of the "intelligence community" through a case study of illegal electronic surveillance and other intelligence gathering operations by Los Angeles Community College District "College Police Agents" in 1970. Documents the case through official records, focusing on the…

This book reviews the history of academic criminal justice--the studying and teaching of crime, police, law and legal processes, and corrections--from 1870 to the present. The nine chapters have the following titles: (1) "Introduction: Academic Politics and Professionalism, 1870-1930"; (2) "Progressivism and Police Education,…

Viewing the police as a para-military organization primarily concerned with the control and prevention of crime is inconsistent with the estimate that only 20 percent of police activity is crime related. This study is based on analyses of calls for assistance in 1968 in St. Louis, Detroit, and New York. (DB)

Summarizes experiences of 146 battered women. Victims' perspective on police behavior was derived from reports of 276 contacts between these women and police officers. Identifies concerns associated with police demeanor, inadequate use of nonlegal "helping profession" intervention techniques, reluctance to arrest the suspects, and inconsistency of…

Assessed changes in MMPI normative scores for age, year of birth, and time of measurement, in police academy recruits (N=1119). Age and year of birth did not affect MMPI scores. From 1964-1971 more "symptomatology" and less "defensiveness" was reported, but reversed when the police department hired a consultant clinical…

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)

The development of school security forces in the 1950s is shown in historical perspective. Short-term and long-term impacts of security operations are discussed in relation to the school administration, local law enforcement agencies, and the adolescent students. Predictions are given for school security operations in the 1980s. (JN)

Describes a pilot program designed to incorporate a deliberate psychological educational framework into the training of law enforcement officers and criminal justice students. Finds that participants in the deliberate psychological education intervention achieved significant gains when compared to a control group of participants receiving ethics…

Data from an observational study of police behavior are used to test the thesis that arrest is less likely for spousal violence. Findings indicate that although officers are unlikely to arrest in spousal assault cases, they are equally unlikely to arrest in other types of violence. (JBJ)