TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1975//
TI  - Local policing--a three dimensional task analysis
JO  - Journal of criminal justice
A1  - Brown, William P.
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 /> 
LA  - 
SN  - 0047-2352
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(75)90095-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -