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TOCH LIBRARY

Most of the books in Hans Toch’s library are heavily marked up. This makes them worthless monetarily, but a treasure to see what he considered significant in the many classics in his library. Many are written by his former students.

The Functions of The Police in Modern Society

By Egon Bittner. Excerpt. “. THE CAPACITY TO USE FORCE AS THE CORE OF THE POLICE ROLE . The quest for peace by peaceful means is one of the culture traits of modern civilization. This aspiration is historically unique… DOWNLOAD THE EXCERPT (heavily marked up-9 pages).

Complete book:

Despite a highly critical public, the police are much improved in modern American society. Wanton brutality, corruption, and sloth--endemic features a generation earlier--were limited to sporadic incidents, and police reform had become an internal goal, not just a cause espoused by outside advocates. Aspects of policing are covered in this book as following chapter titles: Popular Conceptions About the Character of Police Work; Cultural Background of the Police Idea; Courts and the Police; Institutional Independence of the Police; Capacity to Use Force as the Core of the Police Role; Police and the "War on Crime"; Quasi-Military Organization of the Police; Esprit de Corps and the Code of Secrecy; Accreditation of Police Skill; Relations of Police Work to Scientific Scholarship; Recruitment and Education; Some Elements of Methodical Police Work; Coping with Resistance and Use of Force; Arrest and Detention; and Community Relations. 164 footnotes.

USDOJ. 1970 122p.

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