POLICE AS A MEANS OF SOCIAL CONTROL - NCJRS TRANSLATION

• NCJ Number: 32516
• Author(s): H M Bos
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 10 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: TRANSLATION BY NELSON B. ROSE OF ARTICLE FROM ALGEMEEN POLITIEBLAD, V 124, N 5 (MARCH 1, 1975)

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MODERN SOCIETY AND OF THE ROLE OF THE POLICE IN SOCIETY AS THEY AFFECT POLICE EFFORTS TO CONTROL INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR, WITH SUGGESTIONS THAT SOCIETY IS IN NEED OF RADICAL REFORM.

Abstract

CONTROL IS DEFINED AS GUIDING DEVELOPMENTS OR SITUATIONS BY INFLUENCING PEOPLE OR THINGS WITH A VEIW TO ACHEIVING SOME GOALS. METHODS BY WHICH THE POLICE EXERCISE SOCIAL CONTROL AND CONSIDERATIONS OF HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY AND PRESENT-DAY ATTITUDES THEY SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IN DOING SO ARE DISCUSSED ON A THEORETICAL BASIS. POLICE SOCIAL CONTROL IS DESCRIBED AS GENERALLY INEFFECTIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DISILLUSIONED OR REJECT THE SOCIAL SYSTEM THE POLICE ARE PROTECTING. THE AUTHOR ADVOCATES THE REPLACEMENT OF A COMPETITIVE, CLASS-ORIENTED SOCIETY BY A STRUCTURED SOCIETY WHOSE MEMBERS ARE MUTUALLY INTERDEPENDENT. ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION OF NCJ-28125.