Policewomen’s perceptions of occupational culture in the changing policing environment of England and Wales: a study in liminality
Policewomen’s perceptions of occupational culture in the changing policing environment of England and Wales: a study in liminality
Liminality is the transitional phase of a rite of passage when individuals no longer hold to their traditions but have yet to transition to a new status. Utilising cultural characterisations reported by a sample of policewomen (N = 127) from England and Wales, a hierarchical cluster analysis revealed empirical demonstration of a traditional preliminal condition, a transforming postliminal state and a liminal betwixt and between period, which are associated with different discriminatory experiences and policing styles. Women as potential liminal workers may offer a way to nudge movement towards the postliminal incorporation of a more academically oriented professional police culture.
Policewomen police cultures policing mission police professionalism liminality policing in England and Wales
Brown, Jennifer
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Fleming, Jenny
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Silvestri, Marisa
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Brown, Jennifer
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Fleming, Jenny
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Silvestri, Marisa
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Brown, Jennifer, Fleming, Jenny and Silvestri, Marisa
(2020)
Policewomen’s perceptions of occupational culture in the changing policing environment of England and Wales: a study in liminality.
The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles.
(doi:10.1177/0032258X20914337).
Abstract
Liminality is the transitional phase of a rite of passage when individuals no longer hold to their traditions but have yet to transition to a new status. Utilising cultural characterisations reported by a sample of policewomen (N = 127) from England and Wales, a hierarchical cluster analysis revealed empirical demonstration of a traditional preliminal condition, a transforming postliminal state and a liminal betwixt and between period, which are associated with different discriminatory experiences and policing styles. Women as potential liminal workers may offer a way to nudge movement towards the postliminal incorporation of a more academically oriented professional police culture.
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Brown et al 2020 Police Journal
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 March 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 March 2020
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Policewomen police cultures policing mission police professionalism liminality policing in England and Wales
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ISSN: 1740-5599
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