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MAINTAINING RESEARCH ACCESS IN POLICE ORGANIZATIONS
Author(s) -
LUNDMAN RICHARD J.,
FOX JAMES C.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1978.tb01402.x
Subject(s) - public relations , field (mathematics) , field research , psychology , political science , sociology , social science , mathematics , pure mathematics
This paper explores certain of the general problems associated with maintaining research access in police organizations. Among the problems researchers are likely to encounter are difficulties in communicating and winning the acceptance of street‐level patrol officers, problems in developing a mutually acceptable field role, and threats of premature termination. The solutions suggested include specific and repeated efforts to inform patrol‐level officers of the research, emphasis of the occupational features of the traditional participant‐as‐observer role, and making specific plans to deal with attempts at premature termination.