POWER OR POWERLESSNESS - SOCIAL CONTROL IN A SUBURBAN ENVIRONMENT (FROM SCANDIANAVIAN STUDIES IN CRIMINOLOGY, V 5, 1974 BY NILS CHRISTIE - SEE NCJ-26769)

• NCJ Number: 26774
• Author(s): A M STOKKEN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: Netherlands Ministerie Van Justitie
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: Norway
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF NEW POLICE UNITS ESTABLISHED IN SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES OF OSLO, NORWAY TO WORK AMONG JUVENILES.

Abstract

THE POLICEMEN IN THESE UNITS ARE EXPECTED TO HANDLE PROBLEMS THE ENCOUNTER IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY DO NOT RESULT IN POLICE CASES.