POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS MOVEMENT, CONCILIATORY RESPONSES TO VIOLENCE

• NCJ Number: 9396
• Journal: American Behavioral Scientist Volume: 16 Issue: 3 Dated: (JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 1973) Pages: 402-412
• Author(s): G A KREPS; J M WELLER
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE EARLY 1950'S.

Abstract

POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS EXPANDED THE TRADITIONAL OBJECTIVES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. WITHIN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AND THE POLICE OCCUPATION AS A WHOLE, COMMUNITY RELATIONS HAS CREATED NEW OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES AND NEW DIMENSIONS TO THE GENERAL POLICE ROLE, INSPIRING NEW EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL NORMS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)