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 case study of police racism and police reform in Australia, the author provides a critical assessment of police initiative in response to the problem of police/minorities relations. The book examines the dynamics of change and resistance within a police organisation 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 inter-relationships between the structural conditions of police work, police cultural knowledge, and police practice. A highly original and valuable contribution to policing studies, this 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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