CRITERIA FOR RECRUITING MEN AND WOMEN POLICE OFFICERS FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY WORK

• NCJ Number: 36262
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: International Criminal Police Organization
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Survey (Cross-Cultural)
• Language: English
• Country: France
• Note: INTERPOL, 44TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION, BUENOS AIRES, 9-15 OCTOBER 1975.

Annotation

RESULTS OF A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF INTERPOL MEMBER COUNTRIES TO DETERMINE THE METHODS USED TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN POLICE STAFF FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY WORK.

Abstract

IT WAS FOUND THAT IN A LARGE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES SPECIAL POLICE UNITS HAVE BEEN SET UP TO DEAL WITH THE PREVENTION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. APART FROM A FEW EXCEPTIONS THE METHODS OF SELECTING THE OFFICERS TO WORK IN THESE UNITS ARE FAIRLY EMPIRICAL. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS, MOST OF THESE OFFICERS APPEAR TO RECEIVE ONLY VERY ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION OR EVEN NONE AT ALL; THE GENERAL TRAINING GIVEN TO ALL POLICE OFFICERS AND ON THE EXPERIENCE OF EACH OFFICER CONCERNED SEEM TO BE TAKEN AS A BASIS. ADOPTION OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT'S MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM, PROPOSED IN 1956, IS URGED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)