POLICE POWER V CITIZENS' RIGHTS: A DELICATE BALANCE? (FROM ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE SYSTEM - AN INTRODUCTION, 1977, BY DONALD T. SHANAHAN - SEE NCJ-40835)

• NCJ Number: 40846
• Author(s): A C GERMANN
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Holbrook Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

ESSAY DESCRIBING CURRENT POLICE PRACTICES AS REPRESSIVE OF CITIZEN'S RIGHTS; THE AUTHOR CALLS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITIZEN PRESSURE FOR HUMANE POLICING.

Abstract

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS DESCRIBED AS A NONSYSTEM. PROBLEMS OF TRADITIONAL POLICE ATTITUDES AND THEIR EFFECT ON INDEPENDENT-MINDED OFFICERS ARE DISCUSSED ALONG WITH POLICE LITERATURE AND PUBLIC INVOVEMENT IN SETTING UP POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY....TWH