Police sub-culture is often portrayed as a pervasive, malign and potent influence on the
behaviour of officers. The grounds for this portrayal are, however, insubstantial and appear …

An organization theorist friend of mine told me how she had recently paid a friendly visit to
an anthropological meeting, only to find everyone there insisting on speaking to her very …

Democratic policing today is a widely used approach to policing not only in Western
societies but increasingly around the world. Yet it is rarely defined and it is little understood …

Now in its fourth edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly
updated and substantially rewritten. The volume offers a systematic introduction to …

* What is ethnography in social research?* To what use can ethnographic data be put?*
Who are its fiercest critics?* Does ethnography have a future? Ethnography is one of the …

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 …

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A timely work of major historical importance, examining the whole spectrum of events from
the 1916 Easter Rising to the current and ongoing peace process, fully updated with a new …

At the heart of policing is a tension. On the one hand, police in liberal democratic societies
are custodians of the state's monopoly of legitimate force. On the other, they wield that …

This book provides a much-needed sociological account of the social world of the English
prison officer, making an original contribution to our understanding of the inner life of prisons …