A Perspective on Police Professionalization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4084638 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan O White (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 61-85 |
| Publication date | 1972-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Society Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3052829 |
| OpenAlex | W3151928901 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
| References cited | 22 |
In the reform literature on the police, ranging from Hopkins' Our Lawless Police and the Wickersham Commission Reports in the 1930s to the Presidential Commissions of the 1960s, the argument has always been made that effective police reform waits upon professionalization. It is implied that better personnel, with better training, will provide better performance of police tasks. The recruitment and training proposals that are offered suggest that criteria such as a college degree are necessary in order to encourage adherence to "high professional standards of law enforcement." Few have challenged the implicit assumption that professionalization is indeed efficacious, despite the fact that clear evidence of better performance has never been offered
Art · Criminology · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Professionalization · Sociology · Law
Situational and officer-based determinants of police coercion
Shedding Light on Police Culture
Police Officers as Warriors or Guardians
Police culture, individualism, and community policing
Neighborhood Context and Police Use of Force
Police Professionalization and Police Unions
Police Professionalism
Testing types
Human rights violations by the police
Police officers’ trust in criminal justice
Measuring police role orientations in China
Doing death work
Understanding arrest in rural police–juvenile interactions
The hole in the doughnut
Taking stock
Officer proactivity
A typology of private policing operational styles
The impact of situational factors, officer characteristics, and neighborhood context on police behavior
Police stress as a professional self-image
The noble cause
Relational demography and officer occupational attitudes
Korean police officers' attitude toward the efficacy of mini-police stations
Social ecology and police discretion
Police Culture and Coercion
Development and Fracture of a Discipline
A Multilevel Framework for Understanding Police Culture
Police Officers' Attitudes, Behavior, and Supervisory Influences
The Helping Hand of the Law
Demeanor, Crime, and Police Behavior
Improving Observational Studies of Police
How Novice and Experienced Officers Interpret Wife Assaults
Styles of Policing
Police Training About Criminal Procedure
The Road Not Taken
Police Arrests in Domestic Disturbances
Situational and Attitudinal Explanations of Police Behavior
Expectancy Theory and Police Productivity in DUI Enforcement
Gerencialismo, Estamentalização E Busca Por Legitimidade
Learning and practicing police craft
Bookers and peacemakers
Constructive typology and social theory.
Handbook of Social Psychology
Varieties of Police Behavior
Police Discretion Not to Invoke the Criminal Process
The Police
Readings in reference group theory and research
Nurses, professional striving and the poor— A case of incompatibility
A Conceptual and Measurement Model for Norms and Roles
Police Pereeptions of a Hostile Ghetto
Calls for Police Assistance
The Dimensions of Police Loyalty
Professionalism and the Police
Intellectuals in Labor Unions
Professionalism and the Poor--Structural Effects and Professional Behavior
Crime and Justice in Society
Command, Control, and Charisma
The Professionalization of Everyone
Professions in Process
Reference Groups as Perspectives
| Unique citing works | 40 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2020 (45) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 40 |