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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Janet B.L. Chan , Christopher Devery , Sall DoranPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780802084910ISBN 10: 0802084915 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 05 April 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews"'Fair Cop is the most sophisticated and important study yet of police training. Its unique research approach and findings broaden our understanding of occupational socialization. As such, Fair Cop is a lasting contribution to academic research on the police and to the sociology of organizations and occupations. It is also a valuable resource for those concerned with improving police management and for the field of human resources in general.'--Richard Ericson, Principal of Green College and professor of Law and Sociology, University of British Columbia 'Fair Cop, one of several fundamental works by Janet Chan on Australian policing and police socialization, is a major work, one of a handful of such quality in the Anglo-American world. It is the only systematic cohort study combining both qualitative and quantitative methods since Van Maanen's some 25 years ago, and draws on fundamental theoretical ideas. The book elaborates with data Bourdieu's ideas to illuminate ""occupational culture,"" ""professionalism,"" ""good and bad police work"" and the not so obvious tensions between ""theory"" and ""practice,"" the academy and the job. It shows clearly, with rich examples, longitudinal survey data, and focus group materials, the multi-faceted complexity of active adaptations to police training, apprenticeship, and first few weeks in the field. Chan (with Devery and Doran) shows changes in their attitudes, their views of the work, their training, public expectations, and the utility of modes of coping with new situations. We are now better prepared to ask why policing changes so little.'--Peter K Manning, E.H. and E.V. Brooks Professor, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University" 'Fair Cop, one of several fundamental works by Janet Chan on Australian policing and police socialization, is a major work, one of a handful of such quality in the Anglo-American world. It is the only systematic cohort study combining both qualitative and quantitative methods since Van Maanen's some 25 years ago, and draws on fundamental theoretical ideas. The book elaborates with data Bourdieu's ideas to illuminate occupational culture, professionalism, good and bad police work and the not so obvious tensions between theory and practice, the academy and the job. It shows clearly, with rich examples, longitudinal survey data, and focus group materials, the multi-faceted complexity of active adaptations to police training, apprenticeship, and first few weeks in the field. Chan (with Devery and Doran) shows changes in their attitudes, their views of the work, their training, public expectations, and the utility of modes of coping with new situations. We are now better prepared to ask why policing changes so little.' - Peter K Manning, E.H. and E.V. Brooks Professor, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University Author InformationJanet B.L. Chan is Professor in the School of Social Science and Policy at the University of New South Wales. Christopher Devery teaches at New South Wales Politice College. Sally Doran is a research assistant at the School of Social Science and Policy at the University of New South Wales. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |