NCJ Number
83548
Date Published
1979
Length
13 pages
Annotation
Recent research on policing in the Canadian prairie Provinces is reviewed under the topics of police administration, police roles, police training, and police-community relations.
Abstract
Research on police administration has covered (1) police policymaking; (2) offender plea bargaining with police, prosecutors, and others in the criminal justice system; (3) an assessment of the suitability of females for various types of police work and the identification of problems that may occur in the use of female police; (4) the determination of criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of female police; and (5) a study of complaint procedures and police commissions. Research on the police role has dealt with (1) an evaluation to find ways of improving police services for the seven Indian reserves in Southern Manitoba; (2) situational variables associated with rape cases and the manner in which the cases are processed through the criminal justice system in Manitoba; (3) in-house studies of vocational selection for police, effects of stress on police behavior, and the feasibility of a crisis intervention unit for the Calgary police; and (4) a study of paraprofessionalism in several professions, such as medicine, law, social work, and police work. Studies in police training focus on police selection and promotion practices and a study designed to develop a career path for police in which a person may progress as rapidly as ability permits. Studies in police-community relations have covered the physical and social conditions of an inner city neighborhood as they relate to policing problems, Indian and white perceptions and interactions with police in several types of communities, the evaluation of a neighborhood police unit, and the use of conflict and consensus perspectives to analyze citizen contacts with police. Neglected areas of research are identified. Twelve references are listed.