Black Police Associations an Analysis of Race and Ethnicity Within - Constabularie

Informationen zum Autor Simon Holdaway is Head of the School of Law and Professor of Criminology & Sociology at the University of Sheffield. His special research interests are the occupational culture of the police and issues of race and diversity within the policing community. His studies of the recruitment and the retention of black and other ethnic minority officers have informed national policy and he has acted as an expert consultant on policing issues to the BBC, the Runnymede Trust and the Central Council of Probation Committees amongst others. Professor Holdaway takes a sociological and theoretical approach to analyse the new phenomenon of Black Police Associations established in the majority of constabularies in England and Wales, describing and analysing how race and ethnicity are constructed and sustained within constabularies and how they have changed during the last two decades. Zusammenfassung Black Police Associations analyses the new phenomenon of Black Police Associations established in the majority of constabularies in England and Wales. The author takes a sociological and theoretical approach to the subject, in contrast to current criminology which is more evaluative and policy oriented. The analysis is underpinned with the notion that race and ethnicity are socially constructed: the book describes and analyses how race and ethnicity are constructed and sustained within constabularies and how they have changed during the last two decades, providing students, researchers and academics with a sociological perspective on understanding race within criminal justice institutions. Black Police Associations covers the history of BPAs; the construction and consequences of the notion of 'black' as a political emblem within constabularies; the work and influence of BPAs (nationally and within constabularies); post-McPherson policing; new forms of racism within constabularies; ethnic identities amongst ethnic minority police officers and BPAs, and the occupational culture. By analysing the work of BPAs within constabularies, the author posits a number of implications for change within the management of constabularies....

Product details

• Authors: Simon Holdaway
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9780199573448
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957344-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology; Clarendon Studies in Criminolo; Clarendon Studies in Criminology; Clarendon Studies in Criminolo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LAW / Criminal Procedure, Legal Reference / Law Profession, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, Politics & government, Politics and government, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Black & Asian Studies, Police law & police procedures, Police law and police procedures, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General