| NCJ Number: |
44651  |
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| Title: |
POLICE AND SOCIETY |
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| Corporate Author: |
University of Denver
Graduate School of International Studies
United States of America |
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| Editor(s): |
D H BAYLEY |
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| Date Published: |
1977 |
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| Page Count: |
260 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
Sage Publications, Inc
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
University of Denver
Denver, CO 80210 |
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| Publication Number: |
V 1 |
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Sage Publications, Inc
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
United States of America |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
ELEVEN ESSAYS CONCERNED WITH THE LINKAGE BETWEEN SOCIAL CONTEXT AND POLICE BEHAVIOR ARE PRESENTED. |
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| Abstract: |
THE ESSAYS ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: TO WHAT EXTENT IS POLICE BEHAVIOR DETERMINED BY THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH POLICE OPERATE? INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE POLICE BEHAVIOR-SOCIAL CONTEXT LINKAGE, TOGETHER WITH HYPOTHESES AND THEORIES CONCERNING THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THAT LINKAGE. SPECIFIC TOPICS ARE: THE HISTORY OF GAMBLING SYNDICATES IN THE UNITED STATES; POLICE CONTROL OF PROSTITUTION IN VICTORIAN LONDON; ROBERT PEEL'S 'NEW POLICE'; POLICE VIOLENCE IN TIMES OF POLITICAL TENSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT VERSUS ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY IN THE CONTROL OF POLICE CORRUPTION; MORALISTIC REFORM IN LONDON AND NEW YORK CITY BETWEEN 1830 AND 1870; CAREER STYLES AND POLICE BEHAVIOR; INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORK PROPERTIES AS CONTEXTUAL VARIABLES IN THE STUDY OF POLICE PERFORMANCE; POLICE AND SOCIETY IN ISRAEL; THE LIMITS OF POLICE REFORM; AND A REGULATORY THEORY OF POLICING. A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS PROVIDED. FOR INDIVIDUAL ESSAYS, SEE NCJ 44652-44662. |
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| Index Term(s): |
England; Environmental influences; Israel; Police work attitudes; Political influences; Social conditions; United States of America |
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| Note: |
SAGE FOCUS EDITIONS ESSAYS PREPARED FOR A CONFERENCE ON THE CONTEXTUAL DETERMINANTS OF POLICE BEHAVIOR HELD AT THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, DENVER, COLORADO, IN FEBRUARY 1976 |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=44651 |
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