RESEARCH BECOMES A NEW BATTLEGROUND FOR POLICE

• NCJ Number: 41580
• Journal: Police Magazine Dated: (SUMMER 1977) Pages: 54-58
• Author(s): S Keeney
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Correctional Information Service, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE IS A COMMENTARY ON POLICE RESEARCH, CITING OPINIONS MADE BY POLICE CHIEFS OF MAJOR CITIES ASSESSING THE VALUE OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH OF POLICE.

Abstract

MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE MADE VERY FEW CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO RESEARCH EVEN WHEN THAT RESEARCH WAS FELT TO HAVE SOME VALIDITY. RESEARCH WAS HELD TO BE GENERALLY IRRELEVANT TO PROBLEMS OF SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS OR WAS FOUND TO BE A MEANS TO SCIENTIFICALLY FIND THE OBVIOUS. ...TWH