Breeding Deviant Conformity: Police Ideology and Culture (From Police and Society: Touchstone Readings, P 243-262, 1995, Victor E. Kappeler, ed. - See NCJ-151401)

• NCJ Number: 151414
• Author(s): V E Kappeler; R D Sluder; G P Alpert
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 20 pages
• Sale Source: Waveland Press, Inc.
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Forces of Deviance: The Dark Side of Policing. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland (1994), pp. 97-121. Reprinted with permission.

Annotation

This article examines factors related to the police subculture, arguing that police officers view the world as being composed of insiders and outsiders, police officers and citizens.

Abstract

The article identifies three primary concepts of ethos prevalent in police subculture: the ethos of bravery, autonomy, and secrecy. The concept of theme in a culture is related to the belief systems or dynamic affirmations maintained by its members. The two dominant themes in the police subculture are social isolation and solidarity. Various postulates support these ethos concepts and themes. 56 references