AUTHORITARIAN POLICE PERSONALITY (FROM POLICE IN AMERICA, 1975, BY JEROME H SKOLNICK AND THOMAS C GRAY - SEE NCJ-19813)

• NCJ Number: 19816
• Author(s): A NIEDERHOFFER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Little, Brown and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE AUTHORITARIANISM AND SEVERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POLICE AS A GROUP IS INVESTIGATED.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES SUCH CHARACTERISTICS AS AGE, SEX, RELIGION, PHYSIQUE, INTELLIGENCE AND EDUCATION, MOTIVATION FOR BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER, AND SOCIAL CLASS. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT MOST OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POLICE DO NOT HAVE A DIRECT RELATION TO AUTHORITARIANISM, AND THAT POLICE AS A WHOLE VIEW AUTHORITY AND FORCE CONNECTED WITH POLICE WORK AS A NECESSARY, THOUGH LESS ATTRACTIVE ASPECT OF THE POLICE JOB.