TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - Dangers of police professionalization: An empirical analysis
JO  - Journal of criminal justice
A1  - Smith, D. C.
SP  - 199
EP  - 216
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - This study examines relationships between professionalization (measured by the amount of college education and police training) and police officer attitudes. Using data from a survey of 712 police officers in twenty-nine departments in the St. Louis area, the analysis focuses on propositions derived from scholars who have identified harmful effects they expect to flow from the reform. Although the limited operational definition of the key variables and other factors noted in the study require caution in interpreting the findings, little evidence in support of the expected.<p /> 
LA  - 
SN  - 0047-2352
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(78)90003-X
ID  - ref1
ER  -