SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pejorative, Masculinity, Authoritarianism
6 Apr 2018
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About 75% of young recruits have some form of post secondary degree/diploma. If you are a subscriber to policing as a service, you would agree that higher education is critical to make a good officer. If you are more into policing as a force you may believe that higher education is not necessary to become a good officer. Real police (cid:449)ork (cid:272)o(cid:373)es fro(cid:373) the streets (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h is (cid:449)h(cid:455) (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed this higher education. Senior officers still find higher education to be a threat in terms of social status inside the organization. They are more likely to be promoted. They appreciate the complexity of the justice system. Disillusio(cid:374)ed: the(cid:455) ha(cid:448)e su(cid:272)h good ideals as (cid:449)hat should (cid:271)e a(cid:374)d the(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:374) that does(cid:374)"t happen they tend to loose faith in the institution. They tend to question orders (occurs predominantly at the lower level) Most of these issues are incompatible with the paramilitary organization.
