QUESTIONNAIRES, REPORTING INSTRUMENTS, INFORMATION PROCESSING AND DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES UTILIZED FOR THE STUDY OF POLICE ASSAULTS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES - OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANUAL

• NCJ Number: 17031
• Author(s): C G SWANSON; P N MORRISON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 264 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-TA-06-0004; 73-DF-06-0053
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of Oklahoma
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS MANUAL CONTAINS THE DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS USED TO GATHER INFORMATION ON POLICE ASSAULTS, THE ASSAULTED OFFICERS, THE OFFENDERS COMMITTING ASSAULTS ON POLICE, AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMMUNITIES UNDER STUDY.

Abstract

THIS VOLUME IS COMPRISED OF REPORTING INSTRUMENTS (QUESTIONNAIRES, SCHEDULES, FORMS) AND OTHER DATA COLLECTION DEVICES WHICH WERE DEVELOPED AND USED DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE POLICE ASSAULTS STUDY. IN ADDITION, A SECTION OF THIS MANUAL IS DEVOTED TO THE DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES UTILIZED IN THE VARIOUS STUDY COMPONENTS OF THE FINAL REPORT AND AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION OF THE INDEX OF PRONENESS TO BE ASSAULTED FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE INDEX OF ASSAULT PRONENESS FOR INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS. AS AN OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANUAL IT IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE READER IN PROVIDING A DETAILED ILLUSTRATION OF THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE, DESIGN AND CONTROL OF EACH REPORTING INSTRUMENT AND DATA GENERATING DEVICE USED IN POLICE AGENCIES, BOTH LOCAL AND STATE, THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGION OF THE UNITED STATES. FOR VOLUMES ONE, TWO, AND THREE OF THE POLICE ASSAULTS STUDY, SEE NCJ-17024, 17025, AND 17026. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)