The irrationalities of rationality in police data processes.
This paper explores how police bureaucracies, in their pursuit of greater accountability and management efficiencies, create what are intended to be rational data collection and use processes. However, these processes often produce unintended consequences: namely, behaviours, practices, and policies...
| Publicado en: | Policing & Society Vol. 32; no. 8; pp. 947 - 963 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2022
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