The making of a police officer : comparative perspectives on police education and recruitment / edited by Tore Bjørgo and Marie-Louise Damen.

• Part I: Police education in seven European countries -- 1. A longitudinal and comparative European study of recruitment, education and careers in the police (RECPOL): what this project contributes to the development of police science / Tore Bjørgo and Marie-Louise Damen -- 2. Police education in seven European countries in the framework of their police systems / Kjersti Hove and Lola Vallès -- Part II: Selecting police students -- 3.?Diversity and academisation: who does police education attract? / Rasmus Juul Møberg -- 4. Iceland as a microcosm of the effects of educational reform on police students´ social background / Gudmundur Oddsson, Andrew Paul Hill, Ólafur Örn Bragarson, Póroddur Bjarnason and Kjartan Ólafsson -- 5. Mirroring society: how politically representative are police students in Europe? / Gunnar Thomassen -- 6. Understanding learning preferences and career aspirations of Norwegian police students from a comparative perspective / Pål Winnæss, Marie-Louise Damen and Gunnar Thomassen -- Part III: Shaping police students -- 7.? Police students´ values of enduring and emerging competence areas in police education / Staffan Karp, Kirsi Kohlström, Oscar Rantatalo and Mojgan Padyab -- 8. Horizontal and vertical career preferences and aspirations for male and female police recruits / Rasmus Juul Møberg and Marie-Louise Damen -- 9. Cynicism and (dis)trust in the police: self-selection or evolving attitudes? / Gunnar Thomassen and Jon Strype -- 10. Producing legalists or Dirty Harrys?: police education and field training / Silje Bringsrud Fekjær and Otto Petersson -- 11. Selecting and shaping police students in Europe: main findings and discussion / Marie-Louise Damen and Tore Bjørgo. 

• "Does a more academic type of police education produce new police officers that are reluctant to patrol the streets? What is the impact of gender diversity and political orientation on a police students' career aspirations and attitudes to policing? These are some of the questions addressed by this longitudinal project, following police students in seven European countries. The unique data material makes it possible to explore a wide range of topics relevant to the future development of policing, police education, and police science more generally. Part one presents an overview of the different goals and models of police education in the seven participating countries. Part two describes what type of student is attracted to police education, taking into consideration educational background, political orientation and career aspirations. Part three shows the social impact of police education by examining students' orientations towards emerging competence areas, students' career aspirations, and students' attitudes concerning trust, cynicism and legalism. The overall results show that police students are strikingly similar across different types of police education. Students in academic institutions are at least as interested in street patrolling as students in vocational training institutions. Gender and recruitment policies matters more in relation to career preferences than education models. The national context plays a more important role than the type of police education system. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars in policing, criminology, sociology, social theory, cultural studies and those interested in how police education shapes its graduates"-- 

Ämnesord

Polisutbildning  (sao)

Rekrytering  (sao)

Police  -- Education -- Europe. (LCSH)

Police training  -- Europe. (LCSH)

Police recruits  -- Europe. (LCSH)

Police recruits.  (fast)

Police training.  (fast)

Police  -- Education. (fast)

Police recruits  -- Europe (ncjt)

Police education  -- Europe (ncjt)

Police training; Police - Study and teaching  (LCSH)

Employees—Recruiting  (LCSH)

—Selection and appointment  (LCSH)

Europa  (sao)

Europe.  (fast)

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363.22 (DDC)

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