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INTERNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION - TRAVEL SCHOLARHIPS, 1975

NCJ Number
52066
Editor(s)
K H ROBINSON
Date Published
1976
Length
129 pages
Annotation
SIX REPORTS WRITTEN BY BRITISH RECIPIENTS OF TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS COVER THE FOUNDING OF A 'PEOPLES' GUARD' IN IRELAND, POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS, JUVENILE PROBLEMS, EXPLOSIVES PROCEDURES, AND BREATHALYSERS.
Abstract
THE REPORTS OF RECIPIENTS OF SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDY ARE DETAILED STUDY PAPERS, PRESENTING DATA, DESCRIBING PROCEDURES, INCLUDING DRAWINGS WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND APPENDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES. THE SIX PAPERS ARE: (1) 'THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GARDA SIOCHANA (GUARDIANS OF THE PEACE)' IN DUBLIN, IRELAND, WHICH DETAILS THE BACKGROUND OF THE IRISH CIVIL WAR AND EXAMINES THE SPECIAL POLICE PROBLEMS FOUND IN DUBLIN; (2) 'PROBLEM CHILDREN -- COMPARISON BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES IN ENGLAND AND THE CONTINENT,' WHICH LOOKS AT JUVENILE POLICE AND COURT PROCEDURES IN LONDON, ENGLAND; ANTWERP AND AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, AND NURNBERG, GERMANY; (3) 'THE STUDY OF THE PROTECTIVE RESPONSE IN RELATION TO EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AND THE USES OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHYSICAL SECURITY OF AREAS AND BUILDINGS,' WHICH IS BASED ON TRAINING CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY; THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND FIREARMS; THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION; THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE; AND SEVERAL MAJOR UNITED STATES POLICE DEPARTMENTS; (4) 'POLICE, PUBLIC, AND PRESS RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,' (5) 'COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN HOLLAND,' AND (6) 'REPORT ON THE AMERICAN BREATHALYSER MACHINES,' WHICH DESCRIBES THE BORKENSTEIN BREATHALYSER AND DETAILS ITS USE IN DETROIT, MICH. (GLR)