Understanding Police Culture
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| Title: | Understanding Police Culture |
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| Description: | Police culture has been widely criticized as a source of resistance to change and reform, and is often misunderstood. This book seeks to capture the heart of police culture—including its tragedies and celebrations—and to understand its powerful themes of morality, solidarity, and common sense, by systematically integrating a broad literature on police culture into middle-range theory, and developing original perspectives about many aspects of police work. |
| Authors: | John P. Crank |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Police--United States, Police psychology--United States |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Police culture has been widely criticized as a source of resistance to change and reform, and is often misunderstood. This book seeks to capture the heart of police culture—including its tragedies and celebrations—and to understand its powerful themes of morality, solidarity, and common sense, by systematically integrating a broad literature on police culture into middle-range theory, and developing original perspectives about many aspects of police work. |
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| ISBN: | 9781583605455 9781138169593 9781317521440 9781317521433 9781437755749 9781315721255 |
