ALL CITED DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FROM THE NCJRS DATA BASE AND INCLUDE BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, TECHNICAL REPORTS, AND RESEARCH PAPERS. DOCUMENTS ARE PRESENTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY AUTHOR IN SEVERAL CHAPTERS. THE OVERVIEW SECTION LISTS DOCUMENTS THAT PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN CONSOLIDATION, WHILE THE SECTION ON TOTAL CONSOLIDATION CITES PROGRAM AND EVALUATION REPORTS OF CONSOLIDATED LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. DOCUMENTS CONCERNING FUNCTIONAL CONSOLIDATION ARE DIVIDED INTO COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEMS (DESCRIPTIONS OF AUTOMATED DISPATCHING AND RECORD SYSTEMS); PHYSICAL FACILITIES (PLANNING FOR FACILITIES USED IN CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMS); PERSONNEL AND TRAINING (REPORTS OF TRAINING PROGRAM, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED); AND SPECIAL UNITS (REGIONAL APPROACHES TO SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS); AS WELL AS CRIME LABORATORIES. THE SECTION ON ALTERNATIVES TO CONSOLIDATION INCLUDES SELECTIONS ON CONTRACT SERVICES (CASE STUDIES, GUIDELINES, AND EVALUATIONS); MUTUAL AID (GUIDELINES, ANALYSES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF REGIONAL MUTUAL AID ARRANGEMENTS); AND OTHER APPROACHES (FORMAL AND INFORMAL INTERAGENCY ARRANGEMENTS FOR POOLING RESOURCES). MOST PUBLICATIONS ARE FROM THE 1960'S AND 1970'S. THE APPENDIX CITES, BUT DOES NOT ANNOTATE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORTS ON CONSOLIDATION FEASIBILITY. SUBJECT AND AUTHOR INDEXES ARE INCLUDED, AS WELL AS AVAILABILITY INFORMATION. NO PRICING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)