Fair Cop

by Chan, Janet B. L.; Devery, Christopher; Doran, Sally

• ISBN13: 9780802036636
• ISBN10: 0802036635
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Police forces everywhere have been undergoing major social and organizational changes. In this, one of the few longitudinal studies of police socialization, Janet Chan, Christopher Devery, and Sally Doran present the complexity of police socialization under these changing conditions. Following 150 new police recruits through two years of training and apprenticeship, the authors question the traditional model of socialization that assumes a degree of stability and homogeneity in the organizational culture. They suggest that recruits' developmental paths can be much more varied and police culture is increasingly vulnerable to change. Drawing on interviews, observations, and questionnaires, the authors depict the complex processes by which recruits adapt, redefine, cope with, and make sense of the positive and negative aspects of their training and apprenticeship. Bringing together rigorous quantitative analyses with rich ethnographic description, Fair Copprovides new empirical data and theoretical understanding about the reproduction and change of police culture.

Author Biography

Janet B.L. Chan is Professor in the School of Social Science and Policy at the University of New South Wales. Christopher Devery, Chris Devery, New South Wales Police College. Sally Doran is a Research Assistant at the School of Social Science and Policy at the University of New South Wales.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Organizational Socialization and Professionalism	3	(38)
Research Organization and Methods	41	(21)
Janet Chan
Sally Doran
Joining the Organization	62	(18)
Learning at the Academy	80	(65)
Chris Devery
Learning in the Field	145	(56)
Taking On the Culture	201	(47)
Negotiating the Field	248	(28)
Doing Gender	276	(25)
Sally Doran
Janet Chan
Conclusion: Learning the Art of Policing	301	(16)
Notes	317	(8)
Bibliography	325	(10)
Index	335