NCJ Number
89231
Date Published
1982
Length
21 pages
Annotation
Law enforcement is but one aspect of an overall domestic security policy whose priorities are preventive efforts, to be pursued through coordination of a variety of social institutions.
Abstract
In maintaining the peace, police should view public security as the priority over criminal justice processing concerns. To effectively combat organized crime, police investigating powers need to be enhanced and data processing capabilities expanded. Priority should also be assigned to combating serious and organized crime forms by alleviating police concern with petty mass crimes (e.g., shoplifting). Above all, the formulation of domestic security policy should be debated without political influences, which polarize issues and preclude the emergence of a unified, comprehensive policy. A total of 41 footnotes and 50 references are given.