Abstract
Police have great latitude in the way they combat or fight crime. A policeman's discretion in vigorously enforcing certain laws while ignoring others may be colored by what, if anything, happens to the persons he arrests. Moreover, police attitudes toward lawyers and judges may reveal why there is a disparity between law enforcement expectations and practices.
The purpose of this brief study was twofold: to look at police views toward lawyers, judges, and local justice and to see if these attitudes affected theirjobs as policemen.
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