THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN THE BASIC ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK OF SOCIETY IN TERMS OF THE CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF STATE, GOVERNMENT, AND BUREAUCRACY. THE LOCATION OF POLICE ORGANIZATIONS IS DESCRIBED AND RELATED TO ITS IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF POLICE ADMINISTRATIVE THOUGHT FOLLOWS IN THE DISCUSSION OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHIES, MEDIEVAL APPLICATIONS, AND MODERN PRACTICES, WITH A SPECIAL ELABORATION OF THE BRITISH POLICE SYSTEM. AN ANALYSIS OF POLICE BUREAUCRACIES IN AMERICA IS PRESENTED, AND POLICE ADMINISTRATION IS TREATED IN TERMS OF ITS TWO INTERDEPENDENT COMPONENTS: POLICE ORGANIZATION AND POLICE MANAGEMENT. THE DYNAMIC OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL COMPONENT IS FURTHER CONSIDERED, INCLUDING THE INTERRELATIONS WHICH CONTROL THE BUREAUCRATIC STRUCTURE OF POLICE ADMINISTRATION. THIS ENTAILS AN EXAMINATION OF SUCH ELEMENTS AS HIERARCHY; AUTHORITY; POWER; SPAN OF CONTROL; DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY; COMMUNICATION; AND THE TRINITY OF LINE, STAFF, AND AUXILIARY. THE NEED FOR THE OTHER COMPONENT, MANAGEMENT, IS DISCUSSED, FOLLOWED BY A PRESENTATION OF SOME ADMINISTRATIVE MODELS WHICH MOLD CURRENT MANAGERIAL THOUGHT. THESE INCLUDE THE MAJOR WORKS BY MAX WEBER AND HIS TRADITIONAL COHORTS, FREDRICK TAYLOR AND HIS SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT APPROACH, ELTON MAYO AND HIS HUMAN RELATIONISTS, AND FINALLY THE MODERN WORK BY THE BEHAVIORALISTS AND THEIR SYSTEMS APPROACH. THE MANAGERIAL SIDE OF POLICE ADMINISTRATION IS PRESENTED WITH EMPHASIS ON THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF VALUES, GOALS, AND INNOVATIONS. A THOROUGH DISCUSSION OF SOME MANAGERIAL PROBLEMS CITED IN TASK FORCE REPORTS IS PRESENTED, AND A NUMBER OF INNOVATIVE POLICE PROJECTS ARE DISCUSSED. THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS ARE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF MAJOR ELEMENTS OF POLICE MANAGEMENT; THE LAST PART OF THE TEXT EXAMINES THE RESULTS OF EFFECTIVE POLICE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF POLICE PROFESSIONALISM, SUPPRESSION OF POLICE CORRUPTION, AND INCREASING POLICE PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AN INDEX IS APPENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).