NCJ Number
39215
Date Published
1976
Length
316 pages
Annotation
THIS ANTHOLOGY DEALS WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THE EXPANSION OF THE TRADITIONAL POLICE ROLE AND VARIOUS IMPLICATIONS RESULTING FROM IT.
Abstract
SECTIONS PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH POLICE ROLE DEFINITION AND EXAMINE THE EXPANDED ROLE CONCEPT IN WHICH POLICE NOW OPERATE. ADDITIONAL SECTIONS DISCUSS PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATIONAL IMPLICATIONS RELATED TO THE PRESENT ROLE, AND PRESENT SEVERAL INNOVATIVE POLICE PROGRAMS, EITHER ONGOING OR EXPERIMENTAL, WHICH INCORPORATE THE MODERN ROLE CONCEPT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB