dc.contributor.author |
Jones, John J. |
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dc.contributor.other |
Youngstown State University, degree granting institution. |
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dc.contributor.other |
Youngstown State University. Criminal Justice Department. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-03-18T15:33:27Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-03-18T15:33:27Z |
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dc.date.issued |
1977 |
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dc.identifier.other |
b13744513 |
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dc.identifier.other |
942241224 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://jupiter.ysu.edu:443/record=b1374451 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1989/15965 |
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dc.description |
vi, 87 leaves ; 28 cm
Thesis M.S. Youngstown State University 1977.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-87). |
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dc.description.abstract |
The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of danger by the police. That is to say, what variables affect the perception of danger by a police sample, and if the police perceive danger to any degree differently from the non-police members of society.
For a review of pertinent criminal justice literature, the variables of a police officer's age, race, socio-economic status, police experience, and exposure to violence were identified as affecting the perception of danger. These variables were empirically evaluated.
In order to empirically evaluate this relationship, a questionnaire was administered to police officers in Youngstown, Ohio. A similar questionnaire was administered to a sample of non-police students. The results of the survey suggests that the variables, traditionally defined in the literature, do not to a great degree, affect the perception of danger. The findings do, however, tentatively support the proposition that the police do perceive high levels of danger than the non-police. Further study, therefore, is needed in order to explain the observed differences between the police and the non-police sample. |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
Youngstown State University. Criminal Justice Department. |
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dc.language.iso |
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en_US |
dc.publisher |
[Youngstown, Ohio] : Youngstown State University, 1977. |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Master's Theses;no. 0170 |
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dc.subject |
Police -- Attitudes. |
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dc.subject |
Violence. |
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dc.subject |
Law enforcement. |
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dc.title |
The perception of danger : the case of the police |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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