Contacts Between Police and the Public Findings from the 1999 National Survey

This publication represent the annual report to the Congress by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Dept. of Justice. The findings are based upon the largest self-report survey ever conducted among the U.S. resident population about contacts between the public & the police & the outcomes of those contacts. The objective of the survey was to learn more about how often & under what circumstances a traffic stop or other contact become problematic. Chapters: highlights; Police-Public Contact Survey; incidence & prevalence of police-public contact; traffic stops; police use of force; appendix; & questionnaire.Langan, Patrick A. is the author of 'Contacts Between Police and the Public Findings from the 1999 National Survey' with ISBN 9780756713454 and ISBN 0756713455.