NCJ Number
48005
Editor(s)
T KETTERMAN,
M KRAVITZ
Date Published
1978
Length
49 pages
Annotation
THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS ENTRIES CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEMS INVOLVING POLICE INTERVENTION IN DOMESTIC CRISIS SITUATIONS.
Abstract
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS COMPILED FROM DOCUMENTS IN THE NCJRS COLLECTION WITH THE GOAL OF FOCUSING ATTENTION ON THE TECHNIQUES AND TRAINING FOR POLICE INTERVENTION IN FAMILY CRISIS SITUATIONS. DOMESTIC CRISES ARE DANGEROUS FOR BOTH POLICE AND DISPUTANTS, AND MANY POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE IMPLEMENTED SPECIAL TRAINING PROJECTS TO PREPARE OFFICERS TO INTERVENE IN DOMESTIC DISTURBANCES WITHOUT EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO UNDUE PERSONAL DANGER. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOCUSES ON THESE TRAINING EFFORTS, WHILE THE SECOND DEALS WITH GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED IN POLICE CRISIS INTERVENTION. ENTRIES DESCRIBE JOURNAL ARTICLES, PROJECT EVALUATION REPORTS, PAMPHLETS, AND TRAINING FILMS AND OTHER TRAINING MATERIALS DATING FROM 1968 TO 1977. AN APPENDIX LISTS SOURCES FOR THE CITED MATERIALS. INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE DOCUMENTS IS ALSO PROVIDED.