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COMMUNITY RELATIONS - THE POLICE RESPONSE

NCJ Number
40279
Author(s)
D POPE
Date Published
1976
Length
69 pages
Annotation
PAPER OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO PROBLEMS OF POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN ENGLAND AND HOW THEY CAN BE ALLEVIATED.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR PRESENTS SEVERAL PHILOSOPHIES ON FACTORS DETERMINING POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS. THE OBSTACLES AND POSITIVE FACTORS INVOLVED IN POLICE RELATIONS WITH THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ARE EXPLORED, AS WELL AS WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY. A SECTION IN THE REPORT COVERS GENERAL TRAINING AND PREPARATION OF STAFF WITH POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN MIND. THE AUTHOR OFFERS HIS OPINION ON THE ROLE OF POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN POLICE WORK, AND DRAWS SOME CONCLUSIONS ON THE OUTLOOK FOR THIS ISSUE....BS