Police Socialisation, Identity and Culture: Becoming Blue

Description

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Introduction (Sarah Charman)....Pages 1-10 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Organisational Culture and the Policing Organisation (Sarah Charman)....Pages 13-38 Social, Personal and Group Identity (Sarah Charman)....Pages 39-61 Training and Education in Policing (Sarah Charman)....Pages 63-90 Learning to Become a Police Officer: Police Socialisation (Sarah Charman)....Pages 91-126 Being a Police Officer: Policing Cultures (Sarah Charman)....Pages 127-167 Front Matter ....Pages 169-169 The Research: Aims and Methods (Sarah Charman)....Pages 171-187 Quantitative Results: Measuring Attitudes, Measuring Change (Sarah Charman)....Pages 189-222 Qualitative Findings I: Learning to Be a Cop (Sarah Charman)....Pages 223-250 Qualitative Findings II: Becoming and Being a Cop (Sarah Charman)....Pages 251-288 Qualitative Findings III: Contemporary Policing Challenges (Sarah Charman)....Pages 289-316 Conclusion: Reconceptualising Policing Cultures (Sarah Charman)....Pages 317-344 Back Matter ....Pages 345-387