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Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introducing Police Culture -- Culture Explains Everything -- Presenting Ethnographic Data -- The Data -- Summary and Structure -- Contribution -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Spencer and Carol: A Shift -- Some Cultural Interpretations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Turning Blue? -- The Academy -- The Tutor Constable -- Probation -- In Service Training -- Fitting in -- Reflections -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 On the Record -- The Function of Stories -- Forms of Stories -- Reports as Formalised Stories -- Reports as Intelligence -- Reflection -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Part of a Whole -- Kitted Up -- Visibility -- Connected -- Shaping Discretionary Choices -- Direction -- Reflections -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Billy and Timothy: A Shift -- Some Further Cultural Interpretations -- Note -- References -- Chapter 7 No Cultural Dopes -- Bureaucracy -- At Street-Level -- Understanding Disproportionality -- Institutional Explanations -- Reflections -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 Culture Disassembled -- A Place for Culture? -- Final Remarks -- References -- Index.

This book explores the many ways in which The Lawrence Report (1999) has impacted on the police service, and on society more widely. It also assesses the extent to which, in retrospect, the Macpherson Inquiry has led to significant changes to policing, and highlights areas where future efforts ought to be concentrated

This book shows why race has become the most significant issue facing the British police, and argues that the police response to race has led to a consideration of fundamental issues about the relation of the police to society as a whole and not just minority groups who might be most directly affected

This article considers the ways in which we might use group activities to more effectively introduce some key problems of conformity and obedience to authority. Using some of the classic psychology experiments conducted by Asch and Milgram might open up more critical reflection on the ways groups behave and our own tendencies to look to fit in and avoid conflict.

This article reviews Lipsky's Street-level Bureaucracy, a classic work of central importance to the discipline and teaching of public administration. The paper argues that Lipsky's portrayal of the dilemmas faced by front line workers challenges us to focus on the ethical, professional and personal development of student-practitioners.