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Book SynopsisUsing studies from Australia, Britain, the United States, Africa and Canada, this book offers a contemporary look at police culture from an international perspective by questioning established silos in topics, by presenting new ways of thinking about police culture and suggesting forms that police culture is likely to take in the future.
Table of ContentsSEEING BLUE: POLICE REFORM, OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE, AND COGNITIVE BURN-IN. A DIALECTIC OF ORGANISATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE. POLICE CULTURE(S): SOME DEFINITIONAL, METHODOLOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL CONSIDERATIONS. COPS WITH HONOURS: UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND POLICE CULTURE. POLICE STRESS AND OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE. POLICE REFORM, GOVERNANCE, AND DEMOCRACY. POLICING THE 'IRRELEVANT': CLASS, DIVERSITY AND CONTEMPORARY POLICE CULTURE. FROM CULT OF MASCULINITY TO SMART MACHO: GENDER PERSPECTIVES ON POLICE OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE. POLICE UNIONS AND THEIR INFLUENCE: SUBCULTURE OR COUNTER-CULTURE?. BLACK POLICE ASSOCIATIONS AND THE POLICE OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE. CULTURAL CHANGE THROUGH ‘NEXUS’ POLICING. REFLECTIONS ON THE STUDY OF PRIVATE POLICING CULTURES: EARLY LEADS AND KEY THEMES. CONFLICT AND AFRICAN POLICE CULTURE: THE CASES OF UGANDA, RWANDA AND SIERRA LEONE. CONCLUSION: TAKING STOCK AND LOOKING AHEAD IN POLICE CULTURE STUDIES. Introduction. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. Abstract. Introduction. Notes on Contributors. Author Index. Subject Index.
