INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE KIRKHAM - THE PROFESSOR WHO BECAME A COP (AUDIO COLLOQUIES SERIES)

• NCJ Number: 41923
• Author(s): G KIRKHAMHARRISHOWARD C, G
• Editor(s): C HARRISHOWARD G
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 0 pages
• Corporate Author: Harper and Row
• Sale Source: Harper and Row Media; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 120 MINUTES, 1976

Annotation

IN THIS TAPED INTERVIEW, DR. GEORGE KIRKHAM DISCUSSES WHAT PROMPTED HIM TO GIVE UP HIS 'IVORY TOWER POST' AS A PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY AND PURSUE A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Abstract

PROFESSOR KIRKHAM ALSO COVERS THE CHANGING VIEWPOINT OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TOWARDS POLICE OFFICERS, AND GOES ON TO DISCUSS THE PRESS AND THE POLICE, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEAA FUNDING, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN SOCIETY. SIDE TWO FOCUSES UPON THE CREATION OF NEW TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR POLICE PERSONNEL AND THE NEED FOR SOLVING HUMAN PROBLEMS FOR BOTH THE OFFICERS AND THE PUBLIC. HE ALSO DISCUSSES THE NEED FOR A PSYCHOLOGICAL 'SAM BROWN' AND AN INCREASED AWARENESS OF THE PRESSURES AND STRESSES UPON TODAY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND ADMINISTRATOR. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...MSP