August Vollmer, pioneer in police professionalism
Subtitle: interviews
By: conducted by Jane Howard Robinson.
Contributors: Robinson, Jane Howard.; Vollmer, August, 1876-1955.; August Vollmer Historical Project.
Publisher: University of California, Bancroft Library/Berkeley, Regional Oral History Office, August Vollmer Historical Project
Published: 1972
Place of publication: [Berkeley]
Language: eng
Subjects: Vollmer, August, -- 1876-1955 -- Interviews.; Public prosecutors -- California -- Biography.; Criminal justice, Administration of -- California.; Police professionalization -- California.
Genres: Interviews.; Biography.
Notes: Includes index.

Vol. 2 interviews conducted by Gene Carte, Elaine Carte, and Jane Howard Robinson.
Table of contents: value: v. 1. Vollmer as a man / John Holstrom. Training by correspondence / O.W. Wilson. The university years /Milton Chernin. Vollmer's influence on the career of an army general / General William Dean. Covering the Berkeley Police Department / Rose Glavinovich. August Vollmer, his community and his staff / Gene Woods. August Vollmer, a man of priciple and action / Al Coffey. Looking back / George Brereton. The "V" men, Vollmer's dedicated proteges / Thomas Hunter. Enforcing prohibition / Willard Schmidt. August Vollmer's secretary talks about her boss / Muriel Hunter Vollmer's biographer discusses his subject /Alfred Parker; value: v. 2. Education for the profession /Austin MacCormick. Contrasting philosophies / Donal E.J. MacNamara. Guidance to an academic career / John P. Kenney. Vollmer's unique system of police service /V.A. Leonard. Bay Area police chief reflects on Vollmer's influences / Charles Gain. Reforming the police and other public services / Donald C. Stone. Scientific crime detection / Fred E. Inbau.