Education or indoctrination? An exploration of the resistance towards making policing a degree-level profession
Journal article
Authors | Andrews, T. |
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Abstract | Following a governmental U-turn on the requirement for new police officers to have degrees, this article examines what happened within just 7 years to cause this; specifically from the perspective of chief constables. This is contextualised through social learning and followership, and examining best practice in police leadership. It concludes that with unambiguous buy-in of ideas - such as the requirement for professionalisation through education - officers accept them; but that in this example that was not the case. It demonstrates that where chief constables supported the entry routes, satisfaction rates were higher; but chiefs who obstructed their delivery ensured its failure. |
Keywords | police education; chief constables; police culture; police constable entry routes; police training |
Year | 2024 |
Journal | Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles |
Publisher | SAGE Journals |
ISSN | 0032-258X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X241264665 |
Web address (URL) | https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2PRB7XNA4TVYTKFWIRQA/full |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 21 Jun 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 05 Jun 2024 |
Deposited | 01 Jul 2024 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/q6z8y/education-or-indoctrination-an-exploration-of-the-resistance-towards-making-policing-a-degree-level-profession
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