@article{ref1,
title="Local policing--a three dimensional task analysis",
journal="Journal of criminal justice",
year="1975",
author="Brown, William P.",
volume="3",
number="1",
pages="1-15",
abstract="An attempt is made to provide a usable and comprehensive analysis of the local policing task. Prior attempts to discuss the nature of police work are summarized and a descriptive model is developed, based on a matrix analysis involving three dichotomies: public need (individual victimization, community need), official response (control, service), and process (incident, issue). The result of the analysis is a three-dimensional model of the police task as consisting of four distinct and mutually exclusive elements: victimizing crime, victimizing emergency, regulation, and community service. Each element is further considered in terms of the potentials of the process (incident ⇌ issue) dimension.<p />",
language="",
issn="0047-2352",
doi="10.1016/0047-2352(75)90095-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(75)90095-1"
}