PROGRAM TO TRAIN POLICE OFFICERS TO INTERVENE IN FAMILY DISTURBANCES - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 1509
• Author(s): H L ROSS; E M GLASER
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 73 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-69-056
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Human Interaction Research Institute
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PROGRAM TO TRAIN POLICE OFFICERS TO COPE WITH FAMILY DISTURBANCE CALLS IN TERMS OF CITIZEN WELFARE AND INTERVENING OFFICER SAFETY.

Abstract

THE IMMEDIATE AIM OF THE OFFICERS WAS TO REDUCE EMOTIONAL TENSION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THUS AVOID VIOLENCE EITHER BETWEEN THE DISPUTANTS OR TOWARD THE INTERVENING OFFICER; A LONGER-TERM AIM WAS TO HELP DIRECT FAMILIES TO SUITABLE AGENCIES IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THEIR CHRONIC DIFFICULTIES. THE PROGRAM WAS COMPARED TO A SIMILAR ONE IN NEW YORK IN TERMS OF TRAINING, COST, EFFECTIVENESS AND METHODOLOGY.