Rethinking Role Residual

Retired Police Officers and the Inertia of Habitus

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ID12925964
AuthorsPatrick Parnaby (University of Guelph, corresponding author), Crystal Weston (University of Guelph)
Year2020
Volume57
Issue2
Pages223-242
Publication date2020-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1755-6171 • E-ISSN: 1755-618X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/cars.12278
PMID32419381
OpenAlexW3027423904
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited61

In this paper, we bring conceptual clarity to the literature on "role residual." Based on the extant literature and our own research involving police retirees, we first delineate three empirical variants of role residual: emotional, cognitive, and behavioral. We then make the case that a comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon requires a theoretical framework capable of conceptualizing role residual in a way that is consistent with a broader theory of practice. To that end, we use Bourdieu's work to argue that role residual comprises states of being or behavior that occur at the intersection of (a) schemas and dispositions inscribed in the habitus as a result of one's prior role-specific orientation to the field, and (b) a configuration of proximate conditions in the present that is sufficiently similar to what one would have experienced while in one's prior role

CLARITY · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Field (mathematics · Habitus · Inscribed figure · Interpretation (philosophy · Intersection (aeronautics · Phenomenon · Residual · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Engineering · Mathematics · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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