NCJ Number
7472
Journal
Law and Society Review Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Dated: (AUGUST 1972) Pages: 61-85
Date Published
1972
Length
24 pages
Annotation
ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE A BASIC STRUCTURE FOR ANALYZING EFFORTS AT PROFESSIONALIZING THE POLICE.
Abstract
PART I IS A CRITIQUE OF THE PROFESSIONALIZATION MODEL FOR REFORM, PART II PRESENTS A TYPOLOGY OF POLICE ROLES CONSTRUCTED TO ILLUMINATE THE SEVERAL DIMENSIONS OF POLICE PROFESSIONALIZATION, AND PART III SUGGESTS SOME APPLICATIONS OF THE TYPOLOGY TO POLICY-RELATED RESEARCH. IN PART II THE AUTHOR PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF THE POLICEMAN AS SEEN BY THE POLICE OFFICERS THEMSELVES. THE FOUR TYPES WHICH EMERGE FROM THIS ANALYSIS ARE TOUGH COP, RULE-APPLIER, CRIME FIGHTER, AND PROBLEM SOLVER. ON THE BASIS OF THIS TYPOLOGY THE AUTHOR MENTIONS A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICE BEHAVIOR WHICH COULD BE TESTED. BIBLIOGRAPHY.