Policing

Bittner (1970)

The power and the authority of the police lies in the non-negotiable use of force

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Stolnik (1966)

There is a craft to the being a member of the Police, allows for discretion between different people AND canteen culture

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Reiner (1978)

Police culture is pessimistic and conservative

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Holdaway (1983)

Used covert participant observation as a serving police office, supported Stolnik and the canteen culture.

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Macpherson Report (1999)

Racist policing, no finger prints taken of Stephen Lawrence. Stopped the investigation asap without informing family.

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Graeff (1989)

Reasons for not more black police officers, 'Too f**cking lazy'

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Reiner (1997)

Police use derogatory epithets to those stopped and searched

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There is a craft to the being a member of the Police, allows for discretion between different people AND canteen culture

Stolnik (1966)

Police culture is pessimistic and conservative

Used covert participant observation as a serving police office, supported Stolnik and the canteen culture.

Racist policing, no finger prints taken of Stephen Lawrence. Stopped the investigation asap without informing family.

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