RT Article
T1 Direct entry: Fairness, resilience and the impact on regular cops
JF International journal of law, crime and justice
VO 64
A1 Williams, Emma
A2 Boag-Munroe, Fran
A2 Norman, Jenny
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764287614
AB The discourse emerging from the professionalisation agenda focuses on a drive for new and diverse knowledge. The Direct Entry (DE) scheme in England and Wales is one practice that attempts to facilitate this. Controversial debates about operational experience and an over reliance on classroom-based learning, have become routine. By drawing on qualitative data from the Police Federation Pay and Morale Survey which explored perceptions of College of Policing initiatives, this paper reviews officer views on the DE scheme. The paper discusses the negativity surrounding the scheme and the consequences on both the scheme itself and the professional identity of officers. The authors conclude that without further engagement with frontline staff and a shift in what is viewed as credible knowledge, negative perceptions will prevail. Moreover, the article argues that officers' can distance the new skills bought in through the Direct Entrants and reaffirm their own competence through processes of ‘othering’.
K1 Direct entry
K1 Experience
K1 Knowledge
K1 Organisational justice
K1 Othering
K1 Policing
DO 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2020.100442