Policing in the wake of Hurricane Andrew: comparing citizens' and police priorities
By: Lanza-Kaduce, Lonn et al.
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ArticlePublisher: 1998Description: p.413-19.Subject(s): Police | Attitudes
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Disaster Prevention and Management: an International JournalSummary: Taking advantage of the breakdown of formal social control directly following Hurricane Andrew in Miami, Florida, this paper conducts a naturally occurring breaching experiment to examine the deeper structure of values about policing and police practices. Both citizens of the damaged neighborhoods and the attending police were interviewed to determine the degree of concensus/dissensus concerning ideal and actual priorities of policing during the crisis period. The findings reveal a remarkable degree of consensus among citizens and the police. The implications for a consensus versus a conflict view of policing are discussed. - Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 7, Issue no: 5 | Available | AR40854 |
Taking advantage of the breakdown of formal social control directly following Hurricane Andrew in Miami, Florida, this paper conducts a naturally occurring breaching experiment to examine the deeper structure of values about policing and police practices. Both citizens of the damaged neighborhoods and the attending police were interviewed to determine the degree of concensus/dissensus concerning ideal and actual priorities of policing during the crisis period. The findings reveal a remarkable degree of consensus among citizens and the police. The implications for a consensus versus a conflict view of policing are discussed. - Reproduced
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