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- catalog abstract "An empirical study of police shows how value conflicts of democratic society create conditions that undermine the capacity of police to respond to the rule of law. Data for the study were drawn from an examination of criminal law officials in a city of approximately 400,000 with a nonwhite population of about 30 percent. The gathering of data began in the summer of 1962 and extended into the summer of 1963. The city involved is reputed to have an exemplary criminal justice structure. Through a questionnaire and direct observation, patterns of police behavior were examined in a variety of areas of law enforcement, including traffic violations, prostitution, and narcotics. A sketch of the policeman's "working personality" is presented, along with a description of his operational environment and use of discretion. His use of informers is also treated. Police attitudes toward criminal law and views of the exclusionary rule are examined. Facts presented in the study were deemed accurate by all individuals questioned and observed, although there was not always agreement on interpretations given to the data. It is concluded that the tension between the operational goals of order, efficiency, and initiative on the one hand and the protection of the legal rights of individual citizens on the other constitutes the principle problem of police as a democratic legal organization. The appendix includes a brief survey of the character of the city studied, comparative data on the police, a history and organization of the offices of public defender and district attorney in La Loma County, California, and the questionnaire given to the police.".
- catalog contributor b900841.
- catalog contributor b900842.
- catalog created "[1975]".
- catalog date "1975".
- catalog date "[1975]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1975]".
- catalog description "An empirical study of police shows how value conflicts of democratic society create conditions that undermine the capacity of police to respond to the rule of law. Data for the study were drawn from an examination of criminal law officials in a city of approximately 400,000 with a nonwhite population of about 30 percent. The gathering of data began in the summer of 1962 and extended into the summer of 1963. The city involved is reputed to have an exemplary criminal justice structure. Through a questionnaire and direct observation, patterns of police behavior were examined in a variety of areas of law enforcement, including traffic violations, prostitution, and narcotics. A sketch of the policeman's "working personality" is presented, along with a description of his operational environment and use of discretion. His use of informers is also treated. Police attitudes toward criminal law and views of the exclusionary rule are examined. Facts presented in the study were deemed accurate by all individuals questioned and observed, although there was not always agreement on interpretations given to the data. It is concluded that the tension between the operational goals of order, efficiency, and initiative on the one hand and the protection of the legal rights of individual citizens on the other constitutes the principle problem of police as a democratic legal organization. The appendix includes a brief survey of the character of the city studied, comparative data on the police, a history and organization of the offices of public defender and district attorney in La Loma County, California, and the questionnaire given to the police.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Chapter 1. Democratic order and the rule of law -- Chapter 2. The setting, method, and development of the research -- Chapter 3. A sketch of the policeman's "working personality" -- Chapter 4. Operational environment and police discretion -- Chapter 5. The confrontation of the suspect -- Chapter 6. The informer system -- Chapter 7. The narcotics enforcement pattern -- Chapter 8. The clearance rate and the penalty structure -- Chapter 9. Police attitudes toward criminal law -- Chapter 10. Conventional morality, judicial control, and police conduct -- Chapter 11. The working policeman, police "professionalism," and the rule of law -- Chapter 12. Contemporary law enforcement in democratic society -- Appendix A.A brief survey of the history, economy and population of Westville, California -- Appendix B. Comparative data on the Westville police -- Appendix C. History and organization of the offices of public defender and district attorney in La Loma County, California -- Appendix D. The Westville police questionnaire -- Index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 309 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Justice without trial.".
- catalog identifier "04717943990471795429 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0471795429 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Justice without trial.".
- catalog issued "1975".
- catalog issued "[1975]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Justice without trial.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "364".
- catalog subject "Criminal justice, Administration of United States.".
- catalog subject "KF9223 .S54 1975".
- catalog subject "Law enforcement United States.".
- catalog subject "Police United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Chapter 1. Democratic order and the rule of law -- Chapter 2. The setting, method, and development of the research -- Chapter 3. A sketch of the policeman's "working personality" -- Chapter 4. Operational environment and police discretion -- Chapter 5. The confrontation of the suspect -- Chapter 6. The informer system -- Chapter 7. The narcotics enforcement pattern -- Chapter 8. The clearance rate and the penalty structure -- Chapter 9. Police attitudes toward criminal law -- Chapter 10. Conventional morality, judicial control, and police conduct -- Chapter 11. The working policeman, police "professionalism," and the rule of law -- Chapter 12. Contemporary law enforcement in democratic society -- Appendix A.A brief survey of the history, economy and population of Westville, California -- Appendix B. Comparative data on the Westville police -- Appendix C. History and organization of the offices of public defender and district attorney in La Loma County, California -- Appendix D. The Westville police questionnaire -- Index.".
- catalog title "Justice without trial : law enforcement in democratic society / Jerome H. Skolnick.".
- catalog type "text".