Police Socialisation, Identity And Culture: Becoming Blue
by Sarah Charman /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book reinvigorates the debate about the origins and
development of police culture within our changing social,
economic and political landscape. An in-depth analysis and
appreciation of the police socialisation, identity and culture
literature is combined with a comprehensive four-year
longitudinal study of new recruits to a police force in England.
The result offers new insights into the development of, and
influences upon, new police recruits who refer to themselves as a
“new breed” of police officer. Adding significantly to the police
culture literature, this original and empirically based research
also provides valuable insights into the challenges of modern
policing in an age of austerity. Scholars of policing and
criminal justice, as well as police officers themselves will find
this compelling reading.
This book reinvigorates the debate about the origins and
development of police culture within our changing social,
economic and political landscape. An in-depth analysis and
appreciation of the police socialisation, identity and culture
literature is combined with a comprehensive four-year
longitudinal study of new recruits to a police force in England.
The result offers new insights into the development of, and
influences upon, new police recruits who refer to themselves as a
“new breed” of police officer. Adding significantly to the police
culture literature, this original and empirically based research
also provides valuable insights into the challenges of modern
policing in an age of austerity. Scholars of policing and
criminal justice, as well as police officers themselves will find
this compelling reading.
