Research topic: Talk about the evolution of policing and how it got to where it is now.
Can expand with how police officers’ handle the realities of policing once they’ve gotten past the policing hiring process and the police academy and training?
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How are they handling policing discretion?
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Police subculture; has to separate work life from home life
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Code of silence
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Officers have loyalty to each other. Relationships outside of policing dysfunctional
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What other stresses are they dealing with?
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On call
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Critical incidents
Use: Policing (Justice Series)
by John L. Worrall; Frank Schmalleger
As your main reference (source of information) it’s the only required source, you can use other sources too but please use that textbook as the main