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URBAN POLICE - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE LITERATURE, 1960-1973

NCJ Number
19759
Editor(s)
D OSTROM
Date Published
1975
Length
40 pages
Annotation
A LISTING OF 145 BOOKS AND ARTICLES, 10 GOVERNMENT REPORTS, AND 14 BIBLIOGRAPHIES, DEALING WITH SUCH TOPICS AS POLICE PROCEDURES, POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, POLICE CORRUPTION AND ABUSE, AND RACE RELATIONS.
Abstract
THE FIRST SECTION CONTAINS ENTRIES ON BOOKS AND ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1960 THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF 1973, PLUS A FEW CLASSIC, OFTEN-CITED PUBLICATIONS FROM EARLIER YEARS. THE SECTION ON BIBLIOGRAPHIES CONTAINS LEADS TO LITERATURE ON THE POLICE FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES.