RT Article
T1 The re-professionalization of the police in England and Wales
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 17
IS 5
SP 588
OP 604
A1 Holdaway, Simon
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/174105169X
AB In this article contemporary police claims to professional status are analysed and related to a new structure of police regulation in England and Wales. It is argued that the notion of the police as a profession is not new and, unlike police and academic commentary, analysis of this subject should draw on sociological understandings of professions. The wider policy context within which claims to professionalization are made is also considered. A new, loosely coupled system of regulation has been developed in England and Wales. Policing’s professional body, the College of Policing, is central to this regulatory framework that has placed government at a distance from constabularies and police representative associations. Finally, some of the consequences of the hybrid system are considered and benefits of the framework of analysis proposed are discussed.
K1 Police
K1 Policy
K1 Professionalization
K1 Professions
K1 Regulation
DO 10.1177/1748895817690214