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ISBN10: 0199560900, ISBN13: 9780199560905, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Hardback. New. This book offers an ethnographical investigation of contemporary police culture based on extensive field work across a range of ranks and units in the UK's police force. Through direct observation of operational policing and interviews, the author assesses the impact of three decades of social, economic and political change on police culture. ISBN 0199560900 9780199560905 [GB]

Oxford, England Oxford University Press, USA 2010 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Clarendon Studies in Criminology.

ISBN10: 0199560900, ISBN13: 9780199560905, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. This fascinating new title offers an ethnographical investigation of contemporary police culture based on extensive field work across a range of ranks and units in the UK's police force. By drawing on over 600 hours of direct observation of operational policing in urban and rural areas and interviews with over 60 officers, the author assesses what impact three decades of social, economic and political change have had on police culture. She offers new understandingsof the policing of ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and the ways in which reform initiatives are accommodated and resisted within the police. The author also explores the attempts of one force toeffect cultural change both to improve the working conditions of staff and to deliver a more effective and equitable service to all groups in society. Beginning with a review of the literature on police culture from 30 years ago, the author goes on to outline the new social, economic and political field of contemporary British policing. Taking this as a starting point, the remaining chapters present the main findings of the empirical research in what is a a trulycomprehensive analysis of present day policing culture. This book offers an ethnographical investigation of contemporary police culture based on extensive field work across a range of ranks and units in the UK's police force. Through direct ...
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Oxford, England OUP Oxford 2010 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Clarendon Studies in Criminology.

ISBN10: 0199560900, ISBN13: 9780199560905, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. This fascinating new title offers an ethnographical investigation of contemporary police culture based on extensive field work across a range of ranks and units in the UK's police force. By drawing on over 600 hours of direct observation of operational policing in urban and rural areas and interviews with over 60 officers, the author assesses what impact three decades of social, economic and political change have had on police culture. She offers new understandingsof the policing of ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and the ways in which reform initiatives are accommodated and resisted within the police. The author also explores the attempts of one force toeffect cultural change both to improve the working conditions of staff and to deliver a more effective and equitable service to all groups in society. Beginning with a review of the literature on police culture from 30 years ago, the author goes on to outline the new social, economic and political field of contemporary British policing. Taking this as a starting point, the remaining chapters present the main findings of the empirical research in what is a a trulycomprehensive analysis of present day policing culture. This book offers an ethnographical investigation of contemporary police culture based on extensive field work across a range of ranks and units in the UK's police force. Through direct ...
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ISBN10: 0199560900, ISBN13: 9780199560905, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
[DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 2010]