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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |65 pages
Understanding Police Culture
section |63 pages
Prologue
part |289 pages
Understanding Police Culture
section |64 pages
Coercive Territorial Control
section |56 pages
Themes of the Unknown
chapter |9 pages
Anything Can Happen on the Street
section |71 pages
Cultural Themes of Solidarity
section |3 pages
Loosely Coupling Cultural Themes
section |2 pages
Death and Police Culture