POLICE PERCEPTION OF PLAINTIFFLESS CRIME - PRELIMINARY REPORT OF A SURVEY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

• NCJ Number: 41392
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 49 pages
• Corporate Author: Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DO POLICE HOLD VIEWS ON PLAINTIFFLESS CRIME DIFFERENT FROM THOSE THE GENERAL PUBLIC HOLDS? THIS REPORT PROBES THE ANSWER.

Abstract

BASED UPON DATA GATHERED FROM OFFICERS OF THE WASHINGTON, D.C., METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE ANALYSES PRESENTED, WE MAY CONCLUDE THAT VICTIMLESS CRIMES SUCH AS NUMBERS RUNNING, SUNDAY LIQUOR SALES, PROSTITUTION, ETC. ARE PERCEIVED BY THE POLICE AS A CLUSTER DISTINCT FROM OTHER TYPES OF OFFENSES. IN ADDITION, THE MAJORITY OF OFFICERS TENDED TO ENDORSE THE LEGALIZATION OF GAMBLING AND PROSTITUTION. THIS REPORT ATTEMPTS TO EXPLICATE THE PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES HELD BY POLICE OFFICERS TOWARDS THESE OFFENSES.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT)....BDS