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POLICE ACTION AND THE PUBLIC - REPORT ON WORKSHOP 1 (FROM INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON POLICE RESEARCH - FINAL REPORT, OCTOBER 1976, BY LODE VAN OUTRIVE AND SAMIR RIZKALLA SEE NCJ-49588)

NCJ Number
49589
Author(s)
M PUNCH
Date Published
1976
Length
37 pages
Annotation
SUBJECTS CONSIDERED BY WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS TO BE KEY ISSUES IN THE POLICE-PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP ARE DISCUSSED, AND RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS AND PRIORITIES ARISING FROM THIS DISCUSSION ARE IDENTIFIED.
Abstract
THE FOLLOWING WERE CONSIDERED BY THE PARTICIPANTS TO BE KEY ISSUES IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE AND PUBLIC: THE ROLE OF CIVILIANS IN POLICE WORK; DILEMMAS IN DOING RESEARCH IN POLICE DISTRICTS; THE CREATION, DEFICIENCIES, AND USE OF CRIME STATISTICS; THE IMPACT OF POLICING ON COMMUNITY LIFE; APPROPRIATE METHODS OF RESEARCH; THE SOCIAL SERVICE FUNCTIONS OF THE POLICE; PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS OF POLICING; HOW TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS AND VARIETIES OF POLICING; THE NATURE OF POLICE DISCRETION; AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CIVIC SYSTEMS. THE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE ISSUES IN THE COUNTRIES REPRESENTED BY THE PARTICIPANTS WERE CONSIDERED. THE REGIONS AND COUNTRIES REPRESENTED WERE NORTH AMERICA, GERMANY, SCANDINAVIA, THE NETHERLANDS, BRITAIN, AND BELGIUM. RESEARCH NEEDS GIVEN PRIORITY BY WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED THE STUDY OF POLICE ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF THEIR EFFECT ON PREVENTING AND SOLVING CRIME, RESEARCH INTO THE SOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL PATTERNS OF POLICE WORK, AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF POLICE TASK SPECIALIZATION, EXPLORATION OF THE MEANING OF THE POLICE ROLE FOR VARIOUS SEGMENTS OF THE PUBLIC, AND THE DEGREE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF STRESS IN POLICE WORK. THE AUTHOR OF THIS SECTION CONCLUDES BY OFFERING HIS OWN EVALUATION OF THE CONFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE POLICE RESEARCH CONSIDERED. (RCB)