Police Referral Practices and Social Service Agency Practices in Three Metropolitan Areas, 1977

The dataset contains two related studies conducted in the metropolitan areas of St. Louis, Missouri, Tampa - St. Petersburg, Florida, and Rochester, New York. The study of police referral practices provies information on the types of calls made to police departments, the referrals made to social ser...

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Autor principal: Ostrom, Elinor (Autor)
Otros Autores: Parks, Roger B. (Contribuidor) ; Whitaker, Gordon P. (Contribuidor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Research Data
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 1984
En:Año: 1984
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Palabras clave:
police intervention
police referral
police social services
Social Services
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Sumario:The dataset contains two related studies conducted in the metropolitan areas of St. Louis, Missouri, Tampa - St. Petersburg, Florida, and Rochester, New York. The study of police referral practices provies information on the types of calls made to police departments, the referrals made to social service agencies from these calls, and the pattern of citizen demands. Data for this study were collected from 26,465 calls for police service at 21 police departments. The 36 variables include the nature of the call, characteristics of the caller, and the type of agency receiving the referral.
DOI:10.3886/ICPSR07791.v1