The ambivalent force : perspectives on the police /
Niederhoffer, Arthur
The ambivalent force : perspectives on the police / by Arthur Niederhoffer; Abraham S Blumber. - Waltham, Mass. ; Toronto : Ginn and Company : A Xerox Company, 1970. - viii, 360 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
With hardcover
Includes index
Cont.: Preface -- 1. The social and historical setting. The police in social and historical perspective / Abraham S. Blumberg and Arthur Niederhoffer -- Task force report : the police / The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice -- The medieval commune and internal violence : police power and public safety in Siena, 1287-1355 / William M. Bowsky -- 2. Police role and career. The role of the police / Bruce J. Terris -- Psychological consequences of the police role / Hans H. Toch -- The psychological assessment of police candidates / Clifton Rhead, Arnold Abrams, Harry Trosman, and Philip Margolis -- Emotional hazards of police work / Martin Symonds -- Movie cops--romantic vs. real / James Q. Wilson -- Generational and ethnic differences among career police officers / James Q. Wilson -- Color line a key police problem / John Darnton -- The Jewish patrolman / Arthur Niederhoffer -- 3. Police organization and control. Command, control, and charisma : reflections on police bureaucracy / David J. Bordua and Albert J. Reiss, Jr. -- Police policy formulation : a proposal for improving police performance / Herman Goldstein -- The protection of the inept / William J. Goode -- 4. Police values and culture. Value conflicts in law enforcement / Jacob Chwast -- The policeman / Jimmy Breslin -- The contrast / Leslie Waller -- What makes a policeman go wrong? / Mort Stern -- Secrecy and the police / William A. Westley -- A sketch of the policeman's working personality / Jerome H. Skolnick -- Police who go to college / Bernard Locke and Alexander B. Smith -- 5. Police discretion. Police discretion : the ideal versus the real / Herman Goldstein -- The differential selection of juvenile offenders for court appearance / Goldman, Nathan -- Police discretion in emergency apprehension of mentally ill persons / Egon Bittner -- Police violence : changing pattern / David Burnham -- Police cynicism / Arthur N etc..
Police--United States
The ambivalent force : perspectives on the police / by Arthur Niederhoffer; Abraham S Blumber. - Waltham, Mass. ; Toronto : Ginn and Company : A Xerox Company, 1970. - viii, 360 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
With hardcover
Includes index
Cont.: Preface -- 1. The social and historical setting. The police in social and historical perspective / Abraham S. Blumberg and Arthur Niederhoffer -- Task force report : the police / The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice -- The medieval commune and internal violence : police power and public safety in Siena, 1287-1355 / William M. Bowsky -- 2. Police role and career. The role of the police / Bruce J. Terris -- Psychological consequences of the police role / Hans H. Toch -- The psychological assessment of police candidates / Clifton Rhead, Arnold Abrams, Harry Trosman, and Philip Margolis -- Emotional hazards of police work / Martin Symonds -- Movie cops--romantic vs. real / James Q. Wilson -- Generational and ethnic differences among career police officers / James Q. Wilson -- Color line a key police problem / John Darnton -- The Jewish patrolman / Arthur Niederhoffer -- 3. Police organization and control. Command, control, and charisma : reflections on police bureaucracy / David J. Bordua and Albert J. Reiss, Jr. -- Police policy formulation : a proposal for improving police performance / Herman Goldstein -- The protection of the inept / William J. Goode -- 4. Police values and culture. Value conflicts in law enforcement / Jacob Chwast -- The policeman / Jimmy Breslin -- The contrast / Leslie Waller -- What makes a policeman go wrong? / Mort Stern -- Secrecy and the police / William A. Westley -- A sketch of the policeman's working personality / Jerome H. Skolnick -- Police who go to college / Bernard Locke and Alexander B. Smith -- 5. Police discretion. Police discretion : the ideal versus the real / Herman Goldstein -- The differential selection of juvenile offenders for court appearance / Goldman, Nathan -- Police discretion in emergency apprehension of mentally ill persons / Egon Bittner -- Police violence : changing pattern / David Burnham -- Police cynicism / Arthur N etc..
Police--United States