Police occupational culture: classic themes, altered times.
Understandings of police culture rely heavily on ethnographies conducted several decades ago. In these classic accounts, authors have identified recurring themes within police dispositions and practices over time and space. There have, however, been important developments within policing contexts, s...
| Publicado en: | Policing & Society Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2010
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