DO MORE POLICE MEAN LESS CRIME? ISSUES IN CRIME AND JUSTICE

• NCJ Number: 39984
• Author(s): K HARRIES
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 0 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities; Oklahoma Humanities Cmtte
• Sale Source: Oklahoma State University
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 30 MINUTES, VIDEO CASSETTE, COLOR, 1976

Annotation

VIDEO CASSETTE DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON WHETHER THE DEPLOYMENT OF MORE POLICE, PER SE, WILL HELP IN THE REDUCTION OF CRIME IN OKLAHOMA.

Abstract

BETWEEN 1970 AND 1974 THE NATIONAL CRIME INDEX INCREASED 18 PERCENT. YET DURING THE SAME TIME THE NUMBER OF POLICE EMPLOYEES, NATIONALLY, INCREASED 27 PERCENT. POLICE EMPLOYEE INCREASES AND CRIME RATE INCREASES HAVE BEEN PARALLEL, BUT MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT SIMPLY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF POLICE WILL ALONE CUT CRIME. A PANEL OF TWO UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AND ONE CITY COUNCILMAN DISCUSS THIS PROBLEM. ONE PANELIST PUT FORWARD THE BELIEF THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE AND CITIZENS IS OF AN ADVERSARY NATURE AND SHOULD BE REVERSED AS A STEP TOWARD CUTTING CRIME....BS