ABSTRACT
The National Institute was part of the US Department of Justice, through the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (until its title changed in 1982 and rechanged in 1984 to Office of Justice Programs). Should the federal government, and others, be more open in contemplating cops and in helping cops to cope? How can public administration and other thinkers learn from recognition of the relevance of identities and contexts? When the door opened in 1980, the author became a faculty member in the Department of Administration of Justice and Public Safety (AJPS) in the School of Community and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. The School of Community and Public Affairs itself consisted of divisions (programs) not only for AJPS but also for public administration, urban studies, rehabilitation counseling, parks and recreation, and so on. An earlier example was the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice.
