Title: The police: six sociological essays.
Authors: Bordua, David Joseph,
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 1967
Subjects: Police
Contents: The demand for order in civil society: a review of some themes in the history of urban crime, police, and riot / Allan Silver -- Environment and organization: a perspective on the police / Albert J. Reiss, Jr., David J. Bordua -- Gang members and the police / Carl Werthman, Irving Piliavin -- Bureaucracy, information, and social control: a study of a morals detail / Jerome H. Skolnick, J. Richard Woodworth -- Police moreale, reform, and citizen respect: the Chicago case / James Q. Wilson -- Uncertainties in police work: the relevance of police recruits' backgrounds and training / John H. McNamara -- Selected bibliography.