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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 INDIVIDUAL and his RELIGION

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By GORDON W. ALLPORT

Writing as a psychologist, the author traces the course of religious development in the normally mature and productive personality. Religious sentiments arise from needs, interests, temperament, rationality, and cultural response. The mature religious person can act whole-heartedly without absolute certainty, for religious aspiration is an intention to strive toward long-range goals whatever the present risks and difficulties. The crux of mental health rests upon one's beliefs, and the ability to integrate his conflicts around a master sentiment, that points beyond immediate and self-centered gratifications to larger relationships, more decisive action and deeper assurance in the realization of permanent values. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

NY.: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. 1960

The Handbook of Social Psychology 2nd. ed. VOLUMES 1,2,3 & 5

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VOLUME ONE HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION SYSTEMATIC POSITIONS. Edited by GARDNER LINDZEY and ELLIOT ARONSON .661p.

VOLUME TWO. RESEARCH METHODS. Edited by GARDNER LINDZEY and ELLIOT ARONSON . 826p.

VOLUME THREE. THE INDIVIDUAL IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT. Edited by GARDNER LINDZEY and ELLIOT ARONSON . 1000Pp.

VOLUME FIVE. APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. Edited by GARDNER LINDZEY and ELLIOT ARONSON . 781p.

ReadiiNg, Massachuseuts • Mento Park, California • London • Don Mills. OntarioAddison Wesley Publishing Company . 1969

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Democracy, Authority, and Alienation in Work : Workers' Participation in an American Corporation

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By John F. Witte

FROM THE PREFACE: “This book is about industrial democracy in an American corporation. Throughout I will be referring to the term democracy in a somewhat extreme form in relation to the current usage of the word in American theories of organization. I have not considered workers' participation as merely a progressive management technique or a vague approach to a more "humanized" work place. Although I am not condemning these innovations for the ends they seek, it is nevertheless the case that most American experiments in this vein have taken advantage of the symbolic value of "democracy" while not applying the basic principles of democracy as it is conceived in political theory.”

Chicago & London. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS. 1982. 224p.

SAMMY DANIELS Petitioner vs. DR. HAROLD M. BOSLOW

Trial Court Opinion The Constitutional Application of The Maryland Defective Delinquent Law

OPINION

This matter is now before this Court by direction of the Court of Appeals in its opinion reported in 238 Md., page 80, whereby we are required to "determine whether his (Daniels'] continued detention at Patuxent (Institution], is a violation of his Constitutional rights", after full hearing and making provision for adequate record of the proceedings with an explicit finding of fact and express conclusions of law.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MARYLAND. 15 December 1965. 54p.

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).

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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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Resolving Social Conflicts: Selected Papers On Group Dynamics

By Kurt Lewin. Edited by Gertrud Weiss Lewin

FROM THE FOREWORD BY GORDON ALLPORT: “Although written at various times between the years 193s and 1946, the thirteen chapters here arranged for publication provide a logical progression of thought. They dovetail so well that they seem almost to have been written intentionally for publication in a single volume. The unifying theme is unmistakable: the group to which an individual belongs is the ground for his perceptions, his feelings, and his actions. Most psychologists are so preoccupied with the salient features of the individual's mental life that they are prone to forget it is the ground of the social group that gives to the individual his figured character.

New York, Evanston, And London. Harper & Row, Publishers. 1948. 245p.

The Honest Politician's Guide Crime Control

By Norval Morris and Gordon Hawkins

FROM THE JACKET: "We have a cure for crime," Morris and Hawkins boldly state. *We offer not a lightning panacea but rather a legislative and administrative regimen which would substantially reduce crime and the fear of crime." Crime seriously impairs the quality of life in this country. We hesitate to walk at night in our cities. Our level of criminal violence shocks the world. "To the student of comparative criminal statistics the United States may or may not be the land of the free, but it is most certainly the home of the brave." "There is now available to us," the authors argue, "a fund of information on the subject which, were it acted upon responsibly and steadily, would reduce crime and curtail the fear, suffering, and unhappiness it entails. It is not lack of knowledge, but rather a failure of political responsibility, that supports our present luxuriant crime rates." Hence the program this book offers is directed to the politicians and to the concerned citizens who are responsible for them….

Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 1970.

The Police Mystique: An Insider's Look at Cops, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System

By Chief Anthony V. Bouza (Ret.)

FROM THE JACKET: The prevalence of crime and violence in our culture is all too visible in the crack-ridden streets of our cities. Chief Anthony V. Bouza, recently retired Chief of Police in Minneapolis and former Commander of Police in the Bronx, is one of the leading authorities and innovative thinkers on crime in this country. As an insider he gives the reader a candid tour of the police force -a world more often than not shrouded in silence. In a no-nonsense yet highly articulate manner, Chief Bouza reveals the underpinnings of the police force, where even the lowest man on the totem pole has more power - the power of life and death -than any CEO. He also demonstrates how the safety and future of our cities ultimately lie in the hands of the chief of police. As head of the department, the chief sets the tone and establishes the rules regulating all police behavior. In a society filled with ambiguous and changing values, Chief Bouza tackles many highly charged issues. How should officers react to calls from wives whose lives are threatened by their spouses? Should the right to bear arms include access to automatic weapons? Is a cop on every corner the answer to most of society's ills? Bouza answers…..

NY. Plenum Press. 1990,303p.

The Use Of Firearms By Police Officers: The Impact Of Individuals, Communities And Race

By Mark Blumberg

FROM THE ABSTRACT: “This study examines individual, situational and community determinates of firearms use by police officers. The individual officer analysis indicates that although a variety of social characteristics (i.e., race, height, military service, marital status at appointment, preservice firearms experience, and prior arrest record) do not distinguish between shooters and nonshooters, there are some important exceptions to this pattern. Younger officers and those with fewer years of police experience are significantly more likely to become involved in shooting Incidents and to be "repeat" shooters. On the other hand, females and officers drawn from the middle-class are some~ what less likely to shoot. However, the relatively small number of female officers in the sample and the large number of missing cases for officer-SES precludes a precise statistical analysis of these relationships.

Albany. NY. School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York. Dissertation. December 14, 1982. 358p.

Three Indices Of Sex Awareness And Responsiveness In College Freshmen And Sophomore Women

By Elizabeth J. Force

FROM THE ABSTRADT: “The sexual revolution (generally characterized as a liberalization in sexual attitudes and behavior) has been much publicized in both the scientific and popular literature. The present study is an attempt to measure the awareness of and responsiveness to sex in college freshmen and sophomore women who have presumably been exposed to this liberalization movement. Responsiveness to sexual stimuli was Investigated using three techniques. (1) The Draw A Person Test and (2) a Sentence Completion Test designed to elicit sexual material were administered to one hundred and four freshmen and eighty-one sophomore women. From this group, forty freshmen and forty sophomore women--designated as high or low sex responders--were tested in (3) a binocular rivalry stereoscopic situation for perception of sex words…”

Michigan. IL. Michigan State University. M.A. Thesis.. 1967. 57p.

The Squares Test And Leveling-Sharpening: A Study Of Instructional Set And Sex Differences

By Albert R. Gilgen

FROM TE ABSTRACT: “According to the theory of cognitive controls (Klein, 1951), leveling-sharpening represents an important dimension of cognitive structure. It is believed that memory traces of previous stimuli fuse or assimilate, and that they do so more for some individuals (levelers) than others (sharpeners). This supposedly leads the former to differentiate less among successive stimuli than the latter. The Squares Test, designed by Holman and Klein (1951), generally serves as the criterion task for the concept leveling-sharpening. The test consists of a series of 150 squares of light projected successively onto a black screen in an almost completely darkened room. The squares range in size from 1.2 to 13.7 inches and the series is made up of 10 overlapping subseries. Subseries 1 involves the 5 smallest sizes (presented in 3 different orders), and the series progresses in stepwise fashion from the smallest to the largest squares so that Subseries 10 includes only the 5 largest sized squares. Subjects (Ss) are required to estimate the size of each square…”

Michigan. Illinois. Michigan State University. Dissertation. 1965. 149p.

Prison Mencal Healt Services: An Empirical Study of the Service Delivery Process in Two New York State Prisons

BY Kenneth G. Adams

FROM THE ABSTRACT: This dissertation investigates the delivery of mental healtn services in New York State prisons. Using new referral forms, detailed information on requests for services was collected at two institutions (n=263, n=250). Service delivery and follow-up information was abstracted from mental healtn files. Background information on referrea inmates (n=182, n=190) ana on comparison groups of non-referred inmates (n=256, n=254) was obtained from correctional files. Interviews were conducted win prison staff concerning referrals tney had made using a modified incident-focused tennique. The analysis chronologically examines stages of the referral process with particular attention to referral agents and the networks they establish….”

Albany. NY. State University of New York. Nelson A. Rockefeller College o Pudlic Affairs and Policy, School of Criminal Justice. Dissertation. 1984. 442p.

Stress And Self-Injury In Jail

By John J. Gibbs

FROM THE ABSTRACT: “This dissertation explores the relationship between confinement setting (jail or prison) and self-destructive crises with special emphasis on the jail setting. The assumptions tested are (1) different incarceration environments pose different problems for the men they confine, and (2) jail is a more stressful environment than prison. These assumptions are examined by (1) comparing the personal characteristios of samples of self-destructive inmates in jail and prison with random samples of their respective populations, and (2) comparing jail and prison motives for self-destruction which emerged from interviews with men who injured themselves in jail or prison. The dissertation relies on 333 tape recorded and transcribed interviews with men who had injured themselves while confined and 77 control interviews with men who had not infured themselves while incarcerated…..”

Albany, NY. School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York. Dissertation. August, 1978. 349p.

The Communication Patterns And The Structure Of Social Relationships At A Large University

By R. Lance Shotland

FROM THE ABSTRACT: Within the literature produced by several student movements some very specific complaints pertaining to the social structure of the university appear. Two student movements on two different campuses were viewed with regard to complaints about the social structure of the university. The activist students complained that they were socially separated from the faculty, from the administrators and from other students. It was hypothesized that students would be connected to other students, faculty members and administrators by the longest informal communication channels. On the basis of Leavitt's (1958) study, it was also hypothesized that administrators would have the shortest informal communication channels to other administrators, faculty and students. The technique used in the present study to measure the length of informal communication channels was first used by Milgram (1967). Milgram called the technique the "Small World Method."….”

Michigan State University. Ph.D. Thesis. 1970. 148p.

A Primer in Radical Criminology

By Michael J. Lynch and W. Byron Groves

FROM THE COVER: “Marxist thought has profoundly affected the growth of modern criminology. The social and economic determinism in Marx heavily influenced Enrico Ferri, one of criminology's founding positivists. Today's positivists continue that tradition in their search for the sociological causes of crime. Yesterday's radicals, the positivists, have become today's traditionalists. And today's radicals once again proclaim Marx as their guide. This book demonstrates how today's Marxist criminologists have broadened their vision. In addition to crime causation, they examine the political and economic interests that influence the formation of law and justice. Power, alienation, capital and many other classic Marxist concepts have been revived and applied to a radical understanding of punishment, corrections, police and the administration of justice.

NY. Harrow and Heston. 1986. 131p.

Niches In Prison: Ameliorative Environments Within Maximum Security Correctional Institutions

By John Seymour

This dissertation explores the relationship between the environmental preferences and aversions of men in prison and the characteristics of prison subsettings perceived by prisoners as meeting such concerns. The relationship between a stressed prisoner and a perceived ameliorative feature in a subsetting is termed "niche". The study is concerned with the personal meanings that prisoners impose on prison settings, and with understanding the personal susceptibilities and setting characteristics that combine to produce such meanings….”

Albany. NY. State University of New York. Dissertation. 1980.

The Environmental Preferences And Adaptation Of High Risk Inmates: Exploring Person-Environment Fit

By Nancy Jean Smyth

FROM THE INTRODUCTION: “The purpose of this study is to examine the environmentcentered preferences of prison inmates who are at high risk of maladaptation, and to explore the relationship between these preferences and the inmates' adaptation to prison. The 33 male inmates in this study have all been identified at some juncture as having experienced some difficulty adapting to prison. In this case, all the inmates engaged in at least one parasuicide? during their incarceration. These inmates can be considered to be at high risk for future maladaptation in prison. Without assistance, some of these high risk inmates may adapt reasonably well to prison. However, it is likely that a portion of this group will experience some difficulties in adapting to prison. Through examining the adaptation of these high risk inmates as well as their concerns and preferences related to the environment, it was hoped that information would be discovered that would aid in the identification and treatment of those inmates at risk for continued maladaptation…Extreme, prolonged stress can create difficulties for many people; the prison environment is no exception to this…”

Albany. NY. Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy School of Social Welfare. 1990. 124p.

Coping wit freedom: A Study of Psychological Stress add Susport in the Prison-to-Parole Transition

By Marc William Renzema

FROM THE ABSTRACT: “ABSTRACT

The anticipation of release from prison and the first months of parole long have been considered as stressful. Yet, past studies of this transition seldom have used the models and methods developed by psychologists and psychiatrists engaged in stress research. Guided by McGrath's (1970) model of the stress process, this dissertation explores the psychological stresses and supports experienced during the anticipation of release from prison and during the first 6 months after release. It also identifies adaptational strategies employed by parolees. This dissertation is based on interviews with a panel of 53 men released into a large metropolitan area from prisons in predominantly rural areas. Interviews were scheduled just prior to release and at 2 to 4 weeks, 3 months. and 6 months after release. Of the 212 interviews attempted, 172 were completed. Dach interview consisted of a focused segment. 22 psychophysiological syaptom questions derived from Langner (1962). and 20 fixed-response questions based on past studies of prison releases. Interviews were recorded and tratscribed. The focused segments were content analyzed for "concern" and "support" themes using categories derived from both past research and a 10% subsample of interview transcripts….”

Albany. NY. State University of New York. Dissertation. 1980. 336p.

Community Problem Solving: The Delinquency Example

By Irving A. Spergel

FROM THE PREFACE: “This book is an organizational approach to the problems of people living in the slums and inner areas of our large cities. It is concerned mainly with youth and delinquency; but the ideas, principles, and techniques for community action discussed in it are relevant to other social problems which afflict those trapped in the ghettoes. The point of view of the book is social work; at the same time a wide variety of perspectives of community problem solving is examined. New structures, strategies, and tactics have evolved from the anti-poverty programs, civil rights movement, black power struggles, new types of grass-roots organizing, and large scale social planning, but have not been fully explored for their possible use in social work practice. The present work does not pretend to prescribe an appropriate social work methodology to community work

Chicago. The University of Chicago Press.