POLICE FAMILY CRISIS INTERVENTION AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, AN ACTION RESEARCH ANALYSIS

• NCJ Number: 7130
• Author(s): M BARD; J ZACKER
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 226 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-70-068
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: City University of New York
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY OF TWO METHODS OF RESOLVING PERSONAL AND FAMILY DISPUTES BY POLICE IN LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS AND BY PRECINCT CRISIS INTERVENTION UNITS.

Abstract

IN ADDITION TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE VARIABLES THAT MAKE FOR DISPUTES IN WHICH POLICE ARE CALLED UPON TO INTERVENE, THE STUDY ADDRESSED ITSELF TO AN EXAMINATION OF GENERAL POLICE PERFORMANCE OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT TRAINED OFFICERS, ATTITUDES OF THE COMMUNITY TOWARD THE POLICE WHERE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT TRAINED OFFICERS WERE OPERATING, THE EFFECTS OF TRAINING UPON THE POLICE AND THEIR FUNCTION, AND, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TRAINEES TO THEIR TRAINING CONSULTANTS. THE DATA ANALYZED CONCERNED 1287 CASES PROCESSED BY THE NEW YORK CITY 30TH PRECINCT FAMILY CRISIS UNIT, AND 312 CASES PROCESSED BY THE CONFLICT-MANAGEMENT TRAINED UNIT OF THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. AUTHOR ABSTRACT