ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RACE AND CULTURAL RELATIONS TRAINING - EVALUATION REPORT

• NCJ Number: 10042
• Author(s): F W KOEHNE; S S WILSON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 15 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-71-050; 73-NI-06-0002; 72-DF-06-0049
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of New Mexico
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SEMINARS CONDUCTED FOR 90 OFFICERS WERE EVALUATED BY PERSONAL OBSERVATION OF THE SEMINARS IN PROGRESS AND BY A COMPARISON OF SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS AND NONPARTICIPANTS.

Abstract

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 PERCEIVE GREATER NEGATIVISM, HOSTILITY, AND DISSATISFACTION TOWARD POLICE AMONG MINORITY GROUPS AND OTHER SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND APPEARED MORE ATTUNED TO SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE CITY'S CRIME PROBLEMS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)