COMPARISON STUDY OF THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS WHICH HAVE INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF AMERICAN AND ORIENTAL POLICE SYSTEMS

• NCJ Number: 54394
• Author(s): T A ROSSMAN
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 311 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Annotation

AMERICAN, CHINESE, AND JAPANESE POLICE SYSTEMS ARE COMPARED TO UNDERSCORE EAST-WEST DIFFERENCES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TO SEE HOW MANY, IF ANY, OF THE ORIENTAL IDEAS HAVE RELEVANCE TO POLICING IN THE U.S.

Abstract

FOCUSING ON BOTH MAINLAND CHINA AND TAIWAN, POSTOCCUPATION JAPAN, THE U.S. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, AND THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, THE STUDY EXAMINES AND COMPARES THE HISTORY AND SOCIALIZATION OF THE COUNTRIES AND DISCUSSES HOW THEIR CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AFFECT LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTITUDES AND PHILOSOPHY. THE RECRUITMENT AND QUALIFICATION PROCESSES (INCLUDING REQUISITE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS) ARE COMPARED, ALONG WITH BOTH RECRUIT AND INSERVICE TRAINING. FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF AVAILABLE LITERATURE, THE ORIENTAL POLICING APPROACHES ARE CONTRASTED, FIRST WITH ONE ANOTHER, THEN WITH THE SELECTED NATIONAL AND LOCAL U.S. SYSTEMS. AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT IS NOTED THAT BOTH THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE ORIENTAL COUNTRIES PROVIDE FOR A SUCCESSFUL CENTRALIZED NATIONAL POLICE FORCE WHICH, DUE TO THE SIZE AND MAKE UP OF THE U.S., WOULD NOT LIKELY SUCCEED IN AMERICA. NONETHELESS, THE CENTRALIZED SYSTEMS USED IN JAPAN AND THE CHINAS OFFER SEVERAL POSITIVE ASPECTS, INCLUDING UNIFORM RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, AND PAY, AS WELL AS MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE RECORD MANAGEMENT. SELECTED EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND ORGANIZATIONAL STANDARDS AND GOALS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES ARE APPENDED, ALONG WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY. (KBL)