NCJ Number
36085
Date Published
1976
Length
0 pages
Annotation
THIS TRAINING FILM, DESIGNED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHOSE DETAIL IS THE UNIVERSITY AND CAMPUS BEAT, PRESENTS TRUE-TO-LIFE VIGNETTES DEPICTING MISTAKES IN POLICE/ CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS IN CAMPUS CRISIS SITUATIONS.
Abstract
THE FIVE SITUATIONS PRESENTED COVER THE GENERAL AREAS OF STRESS MANAGEMENT, MINORITY RELATIONS, ETHICS, AND JURISDICTION CONFLICT. PROGRAMMED FILM STOPS ALLOW FOR INSTRUCTOR/CLASS DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF SOLVING CONFLICT AND CRISIS SITUATIONS. SITUATION ONE, STRONG CITIZEN STEREOTYPICAL IMAGES OF THE POLICE INTERACT WITH STRONG POLICE ETHNIC STEREOTYPES AFFECTING THE DECISIONS AND ACTIONS OF BOTH SIDES. IN THE SECOND SITUATION, POLICE FRUSTRATION OVER VICTIM CARELESSNESS CLASHES WITH THE VICTIM'S ANGER OVER THE ROUTINE HANDLING OF A BREAKING AND ENTERING. IN SITUATION THREE, A POLICE OFFICER FINDS HIMSELF DEALING WITH AN ILLEGALLY PARKED FOREIGN STUDENT WHO SPEAKS NO ENGLISH. THE FOURTH VIGNETTE SHOWS AN OFFICER ATTEMPTING TO ARREST A STUDENT DURING A CLASSROOM LECTURE OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE PROFESSOR. THE LAST SITUATION DEPICTS THE IMPERSONAL HANDLING OF A RAPE VICTIM, EXPLORING THE DYSFUNCTIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF POLICE OFFICERS INSULATING THEMSELVES FROM TRAUMA. AN INSTRUCTOR'S DISCUSSION GUIDE IS INCLUDED. (FOR PART TWO OF THIS FILM, SEE NCJ-36086).