Police race relations in the Big Society
Continuity and change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12900068 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Holdaway (0000-0002-9948-3182, Nottingham Trent University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 215-230 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-8958 • E-ISSN: 1748-8966 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1748895812474283 |
| OpenAlex | W2324584685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
In British politics, it is clear that the idea of the ‘Big Society’ encompasses many aspects of state activity and civil society, including the work of constabularies. Implications of ideas related to the Big Society implemented in police policy and practice, particularly in the area of police race relations, are considered in this article. No matter what changes that may take place, they will be mediated by the police occupational culture, which itself might be changed by Big Society ideas and concurrent, significant cuts to police budgets. The article begins with a consideration of whether we adequately understand how police organizations change. Janet Chan’s use of Bourdieu’s ideas on the relationship between ‘field’ and ‘habitus’ is criticized. In light of this discussion, the article considers aspects of police race relations. In particular, the implications of ‘seeing like a citizen’ and ‘participative policing’, Big Society ideas identified by Martin Innes, are discussed
Big Society · Civil society · Criminology · Field (mathematics · Habitus · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Studies · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions
The methodology of the social sciences
Justice without trial
The policeman in the community
Changing Police Culture
Police Culture in a Changing World
Unequal Before the Law
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Pierre Bourdieu
The Logic of Practice
Diversifying Police Recruitment? The Deployment of Police Community Support Officers in London
Forcing the Issue
The illusion of control
Neighbourhood policing and community safety
Making sense of police reforms
From ‘community’ to ‘neighbourhood’ policing
Keeping the Family Together’. Police Community Support Officers and the ‘Police Extended Family’ in London
The Big Society
Policing Uncertainty
Society and the Policeman's Role
Changing Police Culture
"Sociological Analysis and the "Variable
An invitation to reflexive sociology
From Big Government to Big Society
Behind the window dressing
In Other Words
Towards a Reflexive Sociology
Phenomenalism and Essentialism in the Sociology of Deviancy
Violence and the Police
The experiences of ethnic minority police officers in Britain
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |