‘My best day will be my last day!’: appreciating appreciative inquiry in police research

Appreciative Inquiry is a methodology originating from organisational psychology, though it has since been used in criminal justice research including police studies. It is used to identify the actual and potential strengths of an individual or an institution, with a view to building on these streng...

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Main Author: Skinns, Layla (Author)
Contributors: Wooff, Andrew ; Sprawson, Amy
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Policing and society
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 6, Pages: 731-747
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