CHANGING POLICE CULTURE by Professor Janet B. L. Chan ( 9780521564557 )

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Title:

CHANGING POLICE CULTURE
POLICING IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY

By:

Professor Janet B. L. Chan

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0521564557

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9780521564557

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

17 March, 1997

Pages:

268

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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.

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10 b/w illus. 1 map

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Cambridge University Press

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