NCJ Number
429
Date Published
1965
Length
240 pages
Annotation
THESE ARTICLES ON POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, FROM ISSUES OF POLICE CHIEF WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR PERTINENCE AS REFERENCE MATERIAL.
Abstract
THE MATERIAL DEALS WITH PROBLEMS OF RACIAL TENSION, JAZZ FESTIVALS, YOUTHS CONGREGATING AT BEACH RESORTS, CAMPUS UNREST, SPORTING EVENTS, AND GROUP RESISTANCE TO NORMAL POLICE PROCEDURES IN HANDLING CRIME ON THE STREET. THERE IS VARIATION IN OPINIONS AND VIEWPOINTS. MAJOR AREAS COVERED ARE; BASIC THOUGHT, PUBLIC ATTITUDES, POLICE AND RACE TENSION, POLICE RESPONSIBILITIES, ANARCHY ON THE CAMPUS, POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, POLICE PLANNING, POLICE AND GROUP BEHAVIOR, AND MORAL ASPECTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.