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CYCLOPEDIA OF POLICING - FEASIBILITY STUDY - SURVEY AND EVALUATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT LITERATURE IN THE UNITED STATES (ISSUED IN TWENTY NUMBERED VOLUMES)

NCJ Number
40381
Editor(s)
B STRECHERUELMEN G F
Date Published
1973
Length
2497 pages
Annotation
BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND CRITICAL REVIEWS OF THE BODY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT LITERATURE TO DETERMINE IF THE EXISTING LITERATURE IS ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT POLICE PROFESSIONALIZATION.
Abstract
FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE ENTIRE FIELD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT LITERATURE WAS DIVIDED INTO 20 PARTS: COMMON LAW; CRIMINAL LAW; ARREST, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE; EVIDENCE; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION; CRIMINALISTICS; STAFF INSPECTION, INTELLIGENCE, VICE CONTROL, AND ORGANIZED CRIME; RIOT AND PUBLIC DISORDER CONTROL; POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS; TRAFFIC; ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES; RECORDS COMMUNICATIONS, AND DATA SYSTEMS; POLICE PERSONNEL AND TRAINING; FIELD OPERATIONS: DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND CONTROL; CRISIS INTERVENTION; POLICE OPERATIONS, SUPERVISION, AND MANAGEMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS PLANNING; AND JAIL ADMINISTRATION. EACH TOPIC IS HANDLED BY A SEPARATE EXPERT, WHO PROVIDED A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, AN OUTLINE OF A NEW VOLUME TO FILL IDENTIFIED LITERATURE NEEDS, AND A SPECIMENT CHAPTER. AN EVALUATION OF THE COMBINED EFFORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES THE PROJECT....PLO