Abstract
This study focuses on an aspect of police and community relations in a metropolitan area. This includes an exploration of how demographic characteristics of a community correlates with the number of community complaints made against police officers. Three Cleveland police districts were chosen on the basis of representing high, low, and expected values of complaints filed at two separate complaint agencies. A social indicators research approach was used in analyzing a set of independent demographic variables that were chosen based on findings from past research and relevant theoretical explanations. Results indicated that there were relationships between the rate of community complaints fromspecific districts and certain demographic characteristics of that district. Suggestions for future research include the use of quantitative statistical analysis as a more precise means of determining correlations between complaints and demographics, as well as further qualitative analysis probing the inter-structures of the cultures represented in each district
Advisor
Blair, Robert
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Foster, James A. III, "Police and Community Relations: A Social Indicators Approach to Formal Community Complaints and Demographic Correlates" (1993). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 5564.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/5564
Publication Date
1993
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
© Copyright 1993 James A. Foster III