Changing Police Culture by Janet B L Chan
Police culture is often considered as both a cause of police deviance and an obstacle for police reform. In this study of police racism and police reform in Australia, Janet Chan provides a critical assessment of police initiative in response to the problem of policeSHminorities relations. The book examines the dynamics of change and resistance within an organization and captures the complexity and unpredictability of the change process. It questions the utility of the traditional conception of police culture and proposes a new framework for understanding the interrelationships among the structural conditions of police work, police cultural knowledge, and police practice. A highly original and valuable contribution to policing studies and studies of organizational reform, the book is both empirically rich and theoretically informed.
Chan, Janet B. L.: - Janet B.L. Chan is Professor in the School of Social Science and Policy at the University of New South Wales.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521564557 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521564557 |
| Title | Changing Police Culture |
| Author | Janet B L Chan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1997-03-17 |
| Number of pages | 268 |
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