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.LI_ Zhesis
iresentea t o t h e I ) e i=~t -m c ~ to f Soc iology
University o f 5outhern Cali?ornia
In 2crtial Eul2illmec%
of the
Reyuireaents fo? t h e
Degree of i.:aster of r(i-ts
BY
David Xiskind
l!:.:t;~r 15, 1933
Object Description
| Title | A sociological study of public opinion concerning certain police practices in Los Angeles |
| Author | Ziskind, David |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Sociology |
| School | Department of Sociology |
| Date submitted | 1933 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 1933-05-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Mangell, George B. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Neumeyer, Martin H. Hale, William G. |
| Abstract | "If an accused person be asked to explain his apparent connection with a crime under investigation, the ease with which the questions put to him may assume an inquisitorial character, the temptation to press the witness unduly, to browbeat him if he be timid or reluctant, to push him into a corner, and to entrap him into fatal contradictions, which is so painfully evident in many of the earlier state trials,.... made the system so odious as to give rise to a demand for its total abolition. The change in the English criminal procedure in that particular seems to be founded on no statute and no judicial opinion, but upon a general and silent acquiescence of the courts in a popular demand." -- Brown vs Walker, 161 U.S.596, quoted in People vs Loper, 153 Cal. 6 at 19.; Words such as these led the writer to make this study of public opinion concerning certain police practices in Los Angeles, California. Not that public opinion had wrought such changes in the law of California. But such opinion seemed to be fomenting in Los Angeles and the writer was interested in its bubbling. Perhaps he had also a slight desire that it would erupt and disturb the existing laws or police practices. If so, he sought to brush aside his sentiments and to probe the public opinion process in the spirit and method of social research.; The police practices studied were broader than those alluded to in the above quotation. They included the arrest of persons without warrant, the search of homes without warrant, the delay in registering prisoners, the delay in presenting prisoners to a magistrate for formal accusation;the detention of prisoners incommunicado, the subjection of prisoners to prolonged questioning and the use of violence upon prisoners. These practices were all related in theory as violations of the constitutional rights of persons accused of crime and, in public controversy, they were linked almost indiscriminately.; The existence of considerable discussion presented a propitious situation for a study of public opinion, and since the public debate and activity in Los Angeles made local issues of the police practices, it was possible -- as well as pragmatically desirable -- to limit the study to that area.When the cry of opinion spread to other cities, its travel was noted; but it received further attention only if its echo returned to Los Angeles. |
| Keyword | California Bar Association; police department; mobilization of forces; publicity; investigations; legislation; education; prosecutions; grand jury; newspapers; attorneys; folkways; mores; law |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1928/1933 |
| Language | English |
| Format (aacr2) | 223 leaves : ill., forms ; 28 cm. |
| Format (aat) | masters theses |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Digitized by the University of Southern California |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m14 |
| Rights | Ziskind, David |
| Access conditions | (213) 743-1672; http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/locations/grand/ |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Ziskind-19330515 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-Ziskind-19330515.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | .LI_ Zhesis iresentea t o t h e I ) e i=~t -m c ~ to f Soc iology University o f 5outhern Cali?ornia In 2crtial Eul2illmec% of the Reyuireaents fo? t h e Degree of i.:aster of r(i-ts BY David Xiskind l!:.:t;~r 15, 1933 |
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