Policemen, COVID-19, and police culture: navigating the pandemic with colleagues, the public, and family

Scholars have long identified the culture of policing as resisting change and impeding reform (Campeau, 2019. Institutional myths and generational boundaries: cultural inertia in the police organisation. Policing and society, 29 (1), 69–84. doi:10.1080/10439463.2017.1371718; Chan, 1996. Changing pol...

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Main Author: Thompson, Danielle E. (Author)
Contributors: Langan, Debra ; Sanders, Carrie B.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Policing and society
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 18-31
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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