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Police - A Profile of Selected Attitudes and Occupational Socialization

NCJ Number
89458
Author(s)
W D Parker
Date Published
1980
Length
200 pages
Annotation
This study explores selected police attitudes and the impact of occupational socialization on the police, based on standardized attitude scales, interviews, and observations. Two medium-sized and one large police department in Oklahoma County, Okla., participated.
Abstract
The study measured six dependent variables -- attitudes toward the law, job satisfaction, dogmatism, civil liberties, anomie, and trust in people -- against five independent variables -- age, education, marital status, years on the force, and work shift. Officers in the large police department showed generally positive attitudes toward the law and job satisfaction, a low degree of anomie and dogmatism, and a moderate trust in people. Similar findings were recorded for the medium-sized departments. Data tables, footnotes, and over 90 references are provided. Appendixes include the research instrument, study scales, and observational interview forms and schedules, and definitions.

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