1st Edition

Two Cultures of Policing Street Cops and Management Cops

By Elizabeth Reuss-Ianni Copyright 1983
172 Pages
by Routledge

172 Pages
by Routledge

145 Pages
by Routledge

The emergence and functioning of two competing and sometimes conflicting cultures within police departments demonstrates how competition between street cops and "bosses" is at the heart of the organizational dilemma of modern urban policing. Unlike other works in this field that focus on the monolithic culture or familial quality of policing, this study demonstrates that which might look cohesive... Read more

Acknowledgments

1 The Two Cultures of Policing
2 Police Work
3 The Precinct Communities
4 The Trial of Officer Kelly
5 A Police Suicide
6 A Management-by-Objectives Plan and the Citywide Blackout
7 Implications of the Conflict of Two Cultures for Police Management

Appendix 1 Methodology

Appendix 2 Research Plan

Bibliography

Index

Biography

John Leo