00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1685954869149584277 Buklod 20241116095244.0 m |o d | ta 241021s2019 enk u eng d 0198803672 (eBook) 9780198803676 (eBook) 20785407 DLAW DLC rda eng 363.230941 23 HV 7936 C83 O54 2019eb O'Neill, Megan 1974- author. Police Community Support Officers cultures and identities within pluralized policing Megan O'Neill. Electronic resource. Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2019. 1 online resource (xx, 172 pages) 23 cm. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Clarendon studies in criminology Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-160) and index. Police Community Support Officers: Cultures and Identities within Pluralised Policing presents the first in-depth ethnographic study of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) since the creation of the role in 2002. Situated within the tradition of police ethnographies, this text examines the working worlds of uniformed patrol support staff in two English police forces. Based on over 350 hours of direct observation and 33 interviews with PCSOs and police constables in both urban and rural contexts, Police Community Support Officers offers a detailed analysis of the operational and cultural realities of pluralised policing from within. 0Using a dramaturgic framework, the author finds that PCSOs have been undermined by their own organisations from the beginning, which has left a lasting legacy in terms of their relationships and interactions with police officer colleagues. The implications of this for police cultures, community policing approaches and the success of pluralisation are examined. The author argues that while PCSOs can have similar occupational experiences to constables, their particular circumstances have led to a0unique occupational culture, one which has implications for existing police culture theories. The book considers these findings in light of budget reductions and police reforms occurring across the sector, processes in which PCSOs are particularly vulnerable. Community policing Electronic books Great Britain. Community policing. fast (OCoLC)fst00871129. Great Britain. fast (OCoLC)fst01204623. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198803676.001.0001 click here to access available to all UP Students University of the Philippines, College of Law FO UPD DLAW HV 7936 C83 O54 2019EB Electronic Resource