Education or indoctrination? An exploration of the resistance towards making policing a degree-level profession

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Andrews, T. 2024. Education or indoctrination? An exploration of the resistance towards making policing a degree-level profession. Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X241264665
AuthorsAndrews, T.
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.

Keywordspolice education; chief constables; police culture; police constable entry routes; police training
Year2024
JournalPolice Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
PublisherSAGE Journals
ISSN0032-258X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X241264665
Web address (URL)https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2PRB7XNA4TVYTKFWIRQA/full
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Online21 Jun 2024
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Accepted05 Jun 2024
Deposited01 Jul 2024
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