NCJ Number
1968
Date Published
1970
Length
195 pages
Annotation
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE POLICE FUNCTION AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN THE URBAN NEGRO COMMUNITY.
Abstract
THE RACIALLY MIXED WESTERN POLICE DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE IS DESCRIBED AS IT APPEARS TO THE POLICE. POLICE ROLES, FUNCTIONS, ACTIVITIES AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS ARE DESCRIBED AS THEY ARE MANIFEST IN THE COMMUNITY. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING EXISTING BELIEFS AND PRACTICES IN POLICE DEPARTMENTS, NEGRO COMMUNITIES, AND GOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE FUNDING AGENCIES CURRENTLY INVESTING LARGE SUMS OF MONEY IN THE WAR AGAINST CRIME ARE RAISED. AREAS WHICH WARRANT REVIEW IN THE LIGHT OF THE RESEARCH RESULTS PRESENTED ARE - THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE POLICE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE FUNCTIONAL ALLOCATION OF POLICE RESOURCES, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UNIFORMED POLICE IN PREVENTING CRIME, POLICE TRAINING AND POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAMS, THE POLICE PRACTICE OF SCREENING CITIZEN REQUESTS FOR POLICE SERVICES WHICH EXISTS IN SOME COMMUNITIES, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE ATTITUDES AND POLICE BEHAVIOR, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A POLICE CONTROLLED CIVILIAN COMPLAINT PROCESS IN MODIFYING POLICE BEHAVIOR. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)