Police- Community Relations: A Need in Search of Police Support.

Mendelsohn, Robert A.

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ERIC Number: EJ024967

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Publication Date: 1970

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Police- Community Relations: A Need in Search of Police Support

Mendelsohn, Robert A.

Amer Behav Sci, 13, 5,6, 745-760, May-Aug '70

Partly based on a study of the Detroit Police Department, after the riot of 1967, this paper lists and discusses the social and psychological factors militating against improved police relations with the black community. Also lists the positive factors and makes recommendations for an effective police-community relations program. (DB)

Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Community, Human Relations Programs, Police, Police Community Relationship, Psychological Characteristics, Psychological Studies, Racial Attitudes, Role Perception, Social Influences

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