THE ESSAYS ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: TO WHAT EXTENT IS POLICE BEHAVIOR DETERMINED BY THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH POLICE OPERATE? INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE POLICE BEHAVIOR-SOCIAL CONTEXT LINKAGE, TOGETHER WITH HYPOTHESES AND THEORIES CONCERNING THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THAT LINKAGE. SPECIFIC TOPICS ARE: THE HISTORY OF GAMBLING SYNDICATES IN THE UNITED STATES; POLICE CONTROL OF PROSTITUTION IN VICTORIAN LONDON; ROBERT PEEL'S 'NEW POLICE'; POLICE VIOLENCE IN TIMES OF POLITICAL TENSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT VERSUS ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY IN THE CONTROL OF POLICE CORRUPTION; MORALISTIC REFORM IN LONDON AND NEW YORK CITY BETWEEN 1830 AND 1870; CAREER STYLES AND POLICE BEHAVIOR; INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORK PROPERTIES AS CONTEXTUAL VARIABLES IN THE STUDY OF POLICE PERFORMANCE; POLICE AND SOCIETY IN ISRAEL; THE LIMITS OF POLICE REFORM; AND A REGULATORY THEORY OF POLICING. A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS PROVIDED. FOR INDIVIDUAL ESSAYS, SEE NCJ 44652-44662.