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A review essay on G. E. Edwards's GDR Society and Social Institutions: Facts and Figures (New York: St. Martin's Press [see listing in IRPS No. 34), in which the history of family relations & socialization in East Germany since WWII is recounted. Initial Soviet treatment of the conquered population was brutal. A system was formed in which women were compelled to work full time, placing their children in state-run nursery schools where they were indoctrinated into Marxism. Schools & youth organizations also carried on intensive indoctrination. This indoctrination campaign has attempted to break down traditional German love of family; however, German patriotism survives, as do many traditional German virtues, despite extensive efforts made to replace them with socialist values. W. H. Stoddard

Research on police services from a consumer perspective has been substantial; however, few studies have tried to measure the effect of variations in police performances & policy on the individual satisfaction of citizens. In a study of citizen attitudes on police services, multivariate analysis of data from 12,000 residents of 13 US cities was performed. The initial assessment suggests that two questions be considered: (1) what determines different levels of citizen satisfaction, & (2) what determines polarization of citizens on police performance? 1 Table, 3 Figures. Modified Author Summary.

This article analyzes the changing relationship between the aggregate demographic characteristics of cities, their investment in policing, and officially reported rates of crime. The data are for the nation's 32 largest cities, for the years 1946-1970. Analysis reveals that 1970 data support Louis Wirth's contention that crime rates are highest in large, dense, heterogeneous places; however, data from earlier years indicate that this overlap is a relatively recent phenomenon. I suggest that this reflects the process of suburbanization. Since World War II, white migration out of certain central cities has encouraged social changes which have led to the current stratification of communities. This process re sembles that which led to the formation of stratified neighborhoods within cities during an earlier era; the current covariation between demography and crime thus resembles that found at the subcommunity level 25 years ago.

Abstract The decision to report criminal victimizations to the police is an important determinant of the capacity of the criminal justice system to fulfill its mandate. This report analyzes the individual‐level determinants of crime reporting, using data generated by the 1973 National Crime Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census. It examines the impact of three characteristics of victimizations upon their reporting probability: the attributes of their victims, the nature of victim‐offender relationships, and the seriousness of the offense. Only the latter appears to be of major significance, although youthful victims are substantially less likely than their elders to report their experiences to the police. The reasons that nonreporters give for their inaction appear to be quite rational, reflecting the probability that anything will come of their cooperation.