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NCJ 032048
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| Title:
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ONCE MORE AROUND THE BARN ON THE POLICE MENTALITY SYNDROME, PART 1
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| Journal:
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POLICE LAW QUARTERLY Volume:2 Issue:2 Dated:(JANUARY 1976) Pages:5-27
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| Author(s):
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S H COHEN
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| Corporate Author:
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Illinois Institute of Technology
Institute for Criminal Justice
United States
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| Publication Date:
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1976 |
| Pages:
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23 |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Annotation:
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AFTER REVIEWING THE POPULAR STEREOTYPES OF THE POLICE MENTALITY OR POLICE SUBCULTURE, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A POLICE ATTITUDES ANALYSIS UNDERTAKEN DURING A SERIES OF POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS WORKSHOPS. |
| Abstract:
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THE AUTHOR'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO DISCOVER HOW POLICE, AS OPERANTS, WOULD STRUCTURE THE COMPONENTS OF THE TYPICAL POLICE MENTALITY EXPLANATIONS. POLICEMEN ATTENDING THE WORKSHOPS WERE ASKED TO RANK ORDER A SET OF STATEMENTS (THE Q SORT) THAT WERE RELEVANT TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE WORKSHOPS, USING A PRE- AND POST- TEST ARRANGEMENT. THE STATEMENTS REFLECTED POLICE ATTITUDES ON MORALITY, SELF IMAGE, EXPLANATIONS OF DEVIANCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PRIORITIES. THE PATTERNS OF RESPONSE TO THE Q STATEMENTS WERE INTERCORRELATED BEFORE AND AFTER EACH WORKSHOP. FINDINGS ARE PRESENTED FOR BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND WORKSHOP. IN THE FIRST WORKSHOP, FOUR TYPES OF RESPONDENTS WERE DETERMINED THROUGH THE USE OF Q FACTOR ANALYSIS. THE FACTORS SUGGESTED THE FOLLOWING LABELS: SOCIAL SCIENCE REFORMERS, THE ANOMIC MAN, THE OLD-TIME MORALIST, AND THE MODERN PROFESSIONAL. AT THE BEGINING OF THE SECOND WORKSHOP, THERE WERE THREE CLUSTERS OF RESPONDENTS AS A RESULT OF THE Q SORTING: HEALTHY CYNICS, ANGRY RESPONDENTS, AND IDEALISTS. EACH OF THE ATTITUDE TYPES DISCOVERED BY THE Q FACTOR ANALYSIS IS DISCUSSED. |
| Index Term(s):
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Testing and measurement ; Personality/ ; Morale ; Role perception ; Behavior typologies ; Police attitudes ; Self concept |
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