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Nothing but the Facts—And some Observations on Norms and Values: The History of a Consultation with a Metropolitan Police Division
Author(s) -
Reddy W. Brendan,
Lansky Leonard M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00746.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , metropolitan police , norm (philosophy) , division (mathematics) , nothing , psychology , value (mathematics) , power (physics) , sociology , social psychology , criminology , public relations , law , political science , geography , computer science , philosophy , physics , arithmetic , archaeology , mathematics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , machine learning
The paper describes a case study of an initial intervention in a large municipal police division. A community group/police confrontation led to the development of an 80‐hour community relations training program for 39 police recruits. The program, designed and conducted by a biracial staff, followed an experience‐based learning format in sharp contrast to the quasi‐military traditional learning format of the police division. Focus is placed on the value and norm conflicts between change agent and the power structure of the urban police system.