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In Search of Diversity: An Embodied Account of Police Leadership

Silvestri, Maria (2019) In Search of Diversity: An Embodied Account of Police Leadership. In: Ramshaw, Pauline and Silvestri, Marisa and Simpson, Mark, eds. Police Leadership: Changing Landscapes. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-030-21468-5. E-ISBN 978-3-030-21469-2. (doi:10.1007/978-3-030-21469-2_5) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:66553)

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on the composition and culture of police leadership. With policing traditionally characterised by clearly defined ‘in’ and ‘out’ groups, police leadership remains a domain occupied by white men. Different times, however, call for different people. The new policing landscape requires an altogether different kind of police leader, not only in skills and orientation but also in composition. Focusing on the embodied dimensions of race and gender, this chapter critically explores the concept of diversity within policing. In an attempt to understand the ongoing unrepresentativeness of police leadership, the chapter explores the parallel processes of inclusion and exclusion within policing through an appreciation of some of the more cultural aspects that have shaped understandings of police leadership and diversity. Through identifying both the enablers and the disablers of diversity within policing, at the heart of this chapter is a critical reflection of change over time.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/978-3-030-21469-2_5
Additional information: This record has been removed because it is a duplicate record. An alternative record of the same work is available at https://kar.kent.ac.uk/77747/
Uncontrolled keywords: policing. ethics. police, culture, procedural, justice lawlessness, diversity, volunteer police management, women and leadership
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Marisa Silvestri
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2018 12:47 UTC
Last Modified: 06 Nov 2023 11:57 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/66553 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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