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146 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. i (1929)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0146 and id is 1 raw text is: FOREWORD IT has become almost fashionable to call the police to task for the exist- ence of crime in our country. That this responsibility is in part properly placed there can be no question, for inefficient police service, whether it is in the form of inadequate patrol or the absence of good detective work, necessarily weakens the barrier raised by society against crime, professional crime in particular. Yet, the criticism must not be overstated. The police, after all, is an agency of public service which, like other such agencies, mir- rors the opinion and the attitudes of the group which instituted and main- tains it. In the last analysis, an inefficient police force is symptomatic of public apathy, which we can hardly expect the police to remedy. This volume is offered as a contribution to public education. It is hoped, of course, that the police may find in it some helpful ideas, but its primary purpose is to give a wide circle of intelligent readers a conception of the problems which face the police and of the handicaps which the latter must overcome in solving them. An attempt has been made to cover all impor- tant phases of police work as it relates to the repression and the prevention of crime. The latter, and extremely important phase of police activity, has unfortunately received too little attention in this volume. This is due, in part at least, to the fact that an article on Social Work by the Police has failed to arrive in time for inclusion. I wish to express my gratitude to all who have freely given of their time and their knowledge in the preparation of these articles, and particularly to the many foreign contributors who, although less directly interested in the project, have generously given us the benefit of their experience. To Mr. Bruce Smith, of the National Institute of Public Administration, New York City, I owe a special debt for expert advice which has greatly aided me in planning the volume. THORSTEN SELLIN.

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