NCJ Number
16492
Editor(s)
D P GEARY
Date Published
1975
Length
443 pages
Annotation
BASIC CONCEPTS FROM THE FIELDS OF HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS, LAW, AND SOCIOLOGY WHICH STRESS UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN BEINGS AND HOW TO OPERATIONALIZE THIS UNDERSTANDING IN A PRACTICAL WAY FOR POLICE.
Abstract
AN HISTORICAL EXPLANATION OF THE POLICE ROLE, A DISCUSSION OF THE EFFECTS OF SOCIETAL CHANGES ON POLICE WORK, AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE DIFFERENT ROLE CONCEPTS FOR POLICE WORKING WITH CITIZENS ARE FIRST PROVIDED. CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN POLICING ARE DISCUSSED AND SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO HELP POLICE COPE WITH THESE CHANGES ARE OFFERED. PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, AND SOME FACTORS SUCH AS BIAS OR SCAPEGOATING WHICH INTERFERE WITH COMMUNICATION ARE DISCUSSED. POLICE-PRESS RELATIONS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND POLICECOMMUNITY RELATIONS ARE EXPLORED AS WELL. OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE DESTRUCTIVE POLICE PRACTICES, SELECTIVE AND DISCRIMINATORY ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS, COMMUNITY CONTROL OF POLICE, MILITANT ORGANIZATIONS AND DISSIDENT GROUPS, CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, AND THE IMPACT OF POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS ON THE POLICE SYSTEM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)