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Police Academy Socialization: Understanding the Lessons Learned in a Paramilitary-Bureaucratic Organization
Abstract
Even as community policing has emerged as the dominant paradigm, research indicates that police agencies continue to be highly militaristic and bureaucratic in structure and culture. This article reports findings from an observational study of recruit training at a police academy that had introduced a new curriculum emphasizing community policing and problem solving. The article explores the socialization that takes place there to see how the tension between traditional and community policing is resolved.The authors found that despite the philosophical emphasis on community policing and its themes of decentralization and flexibility, the most salient lessons learned in police training were those that reinforced the paramilitary structure and culture.
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“Paramilitary training, such as during a law enforcement academy, has been shown to provide strong occupational socialization as cadets are groomed to become successful peace officers (Berg, 1990;Chappell & Lanza-Kaduce, 2010;Haarr, 2001).”
From Impact of Police Academy Training on Recruits’ Integrity (2016) · cites this paper as Chappell & Lanza-Kaduce, 2010
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“At the same time, our study does not support the hypothesis that the academy experience has a bad influence on recruits' integrity, as a consequence of exposure to stories of unethical behavior and attitudes by older police officers (Chappell & Lanza-Kaduce, 2010;Ford, 2003;Garner, 2005).”
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“This is attributed to the impact of some of the content of the training, whereby recruits are inundated with explicit stories and implicit messages about unethical behavior and attitudes by veteran officers (Chappell & Lanza-Kaduce, 2010;Ford, 2003).”
From Impact of Police Academy Training on Recruits’ Integrity (2016) · cites this paper as Chappell & Lanza-Kaduce, 2010
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“Research has demonstrated the importance of this training to instill recruits with necessary occupational skills as well as with essential professional socialization (e.g.Bauer & Erdogan, 2010;Chappell & Lanza-Kaduce, 2010;Conti, 2011;Conti & Nolan, 2005).”
From Impact of Police Academy Training on Recruits’ Integrity (2016) · cites this paper as Chappell & Lanza-Kaduce, 2010
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chappell, A. T., & Lanza-Kaduce, L.
- Affiliations
- Old Dominion University (US)
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Corresponding author
- Chappell, Allison T.
- ORCID
- Chappell, Allison T.
- Venue
- Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-12-29
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 187-214
- ISSN
- 0098-3039 (ISSN-L)
- 0891-2416
- 1552-5414
- OpenAlex
- W2100255462
- Cited by
- 272
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 16.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Keywords
- police academy, recruit training, police socialization, community policing, bureaucracy, police organizational culture, militarism, police training curriculum, problem solving
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