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Anthony-Davis, Brenda. 1992. - Do Law Enforcement Agencies Equitably Serve and Protect all Communities?: An Ethnographic Study of Police Subculture in Tampa.
Abstract: The police
subculture, one that has its own customs, morals and taboos---tend
to ostracize and exclude those who do not conform to its values and views.
For this reason, police departments continue to have organizational problems
which negatively affect the relationship it has, or is able to develop,
with many communities that it serves. Through training, new recruits
are socialized into an occupation where shared patterns of behavior,
values, attitudes, and beliefs are distinct. This study, which examines
the police subculture, emphasizes the socially defined role of the police
toward the African American community. Most importantly, it emphasizes
the training and socialization process which conceptualizes the life
style or role of the police officer. The findings indicate that, this
role, from the insiders' point of view and their definition of reality,
is related to the lack of effectiveness of officers assigned to the African
American community.
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