NCJ Number
41580
Journal
Police Magazine Dated: (SUMMER 1977) Pages: 54-58
Date Published
1977
Length
5 pages
Annotation
THIS ARTICLE IS A COMMENTARY ON POLICE RESEARCH, CITING OPINIONS MADE BY POLICE CHIEFS OF MAJOR CITIES ASSESSING THE VALUE OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH OF POLICE.
Abstract
MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE MADE VERY FEW CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO RESEARCH EVEN WHEN THAT RESEARCH WAS FELT TO HAVE SOME VALIDITY. RESEARCH WAS HELD TO BE GENERALLY IRRELEVANT TO PROBLEMS OF SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS OR WAS FOUND TO BE A MEANS TO SCIENTIFICALLY FIND THE OBVIOUS. ...TWH