ON PROFESSIONALIZATION (FROM ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE SYSTEM - AN INTRODUCTION, 1977, BY DONALD T. SHANAHAN - SEE NCJ-40835)

• NCJ Number: 40841
• Author(s): W J BOPP
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Holbrook Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT NOW A PROFESSION, ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS SUCH IN THE FUTURE; PROFESSIONAL STATUS HAS NOT BEEN ATTAINED, BUT IT IS ATTAINABLE.

Abstract

PROCEEDING FROM THIS PREMISE, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE IDEA OF PRESTIGE AS IT RELATES TO JOB SATISFACTION AND PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AND PRESENTS A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF PERSPECTIVES ON THE NATURE OF PROFESSIONALIZATION. A SURVEY OF A NUMBER OF RECOGNIZED PROFESSIONAL GROUPINGS (ATTORNEYS, PROFESSORS, CHEMISTS, ETC.) IDENTIFIES SEVERAL GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EXISTING PROFESSIONS. THESE CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE A LOYALTY ABOVE AND BEYOND THE EMPLOYING AGENCY, INSTITUTION, OR CORPORATION; LICENSING; EDUCATION; A GROWING EMPHASIS ON TEAMWORK; SPECIALIZATION; AND CODES OF CONDUCT AMONG OTHERS. ALSO CONSIDERED ARE MYTHS WHICH HAVE BEEN PERPETUATED ABOUT PROFESSIONS, INCLUDING THE IDEAS THAT PROFESSIONALS DO NOT UNIONIZE OR COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN, THAT TRUE PROFESSIONALS ARE NOT TECHNICALLY (AS OPPOSED TO INTELLECTUALLY) EDUCATED, AND THAT PROFESSIONALS ARE AUTONOMOUS....ELW