Understanding Police Culture

by John P. Crank

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583605452
• ISBN13: 9781583605455
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"