NCJ Number
18
Date Published
1969
Length
90 pages
Annotation
THE KEY CITY POLICE-JUVENILE ATTITUDE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED AS AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CINCINNATI POLICEJUVENILE ATTITUDE PROJECT (NCJ-000191).
Abstract
IT PROPOSED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE SPECIAL CURRICULUM UNITS DEVELOPED IN THE EARLIER PROJECT WERE NOT SO LOCALIZED THAT THEY COULD NOT BE USED EFFECTIVELY OUTSIDE THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA. A SECOND PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO STUDY IN SOME DEPTH THE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR OF CINCINNATI NINTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO WERE EXPOSED TO ONE OF THE SPECIAL CURRICULUM UNITS AS PART OF THEIR STANDARD CIVICS CLASSES. A THIRD AND TANGENTIAL PURPOSE WAS TO WRITE ADDITIONAL TEXT MATERIALS FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE SPECIAL UNIT, UTILIZING GRADUATE STUDENTS IN A SPECIAL SEMINAR DESIGNED FOR THAT PURPOSE. TO ACHIEVE THE FIRST PURPOSE, THE DEMONSTRATION THAT THE CURRICULUM UNITS COULD BE ADAPTED IN LOCALITIES OTHER THAN CINCINNATI, THREE KEY CITIES WERE SELECTED. THESE WERE ROCHESTER, NY, FORT SMITH, AR, AND TAMPA FLORIDA. IN EACH OF THESE CITIES POLICE-JUVENILE ATTITUDE PROGRAMS WERE ESTABLISHED. THESE INVOLVED THE PLACING OF THE SPECIAL CURRICULUM UNITS IN THE ONGOING SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES OF SELECTED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND EVALUATING THE SUCCESS OF THESE UNITS, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE ATTITUDES TOWARD POLICE OF THESE STUDENTS EXPOSED TO THE UNITS.