NCJ Number
124505
Journal
Police Journal Volume: 63 Issue: 2 Dated: (April-June 1990) Pages: 159-167
Date Published
1990
Length
9 pages
Annotation
As a result of a 4-month participant observational study of the police academy experience, the author proposes a typology of symbolic interactional mechanisms by which recruits receive anticipatory occupational socialization.
Abstract
Five interactional mechanisms are suggested as impacting upon the recruit socialization experience: (1) The formal educational/training objectives and mandated curriculum, (2) Experiential exercises (academic and practical), (3) Anecdotal socialization transmitted by instructors to recruits, (4) Anecdotal socialization transmitted by recruits to each other, and (5) Anecdotal information transmitted by recruits to instructors for verification or refutation. (Author abstract)