RT Article
T1 Patriarchy, gender, infantilisation: a cultural account of police intelligence work in Scotland
JF The Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology
VO 50
IS 2
SP 234
OP 251
A1 Atkinson, Colin
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1736849808
AB Drawing upon qualitative research undertaken in Scotland, this paper provides new insights into police culture by exploring the interactions between sworn police officers and civilian intelligence analysts engaged in intelligence work. The claim is made that by exploring the cultural impact of intelligence analysis, it is possible to identify patriarchal dispositions within police culture and the emergence of a gender order in policing that subordinates femininity, youth and other masculinities that run counter to police culture's form of hegemonic masculinity. This gender order is interwoven with processes of infantilisation that inhibit the integration of intelligence analysts into police intelligence work. This article concludes by discussing the prospects for cultural change in policing from the inter-related perspectives of both social theory and professional practice.
K1 Gender regime
K1 Infantilisation
K1 Intelligence-led policing
K1 Patriarchy
K1 Police culture
DO 10.1177/0004865815626964