The Police and the Public

by Albert J. Reiss Jr.

Book Overview

Riding with patrol cars in four major northern cities, walking with policemen on the beat, observing what goes on in police stations, analyzing who telephones the police, what crimes are reported, who reports them, and why, Albert J. Reiss, Jr., seeks to understand the ways in which we can make our society more civil, our police more humane, our population more responsible.

Reiss devotes most of his first chapter to describing the experiences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300016468
• ISBN13: 9780300016468
• Release Date: February 1973
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"