TY - JOUR
T1 - Occupational culture in policing reviewed
T2 - A comparison of values in the public and private police
AU - Loyens, Kim
PY - 2009/5/1
Y1 - 2009/5/1
N2 - Recent years have seen an increasing privatization of the security sector, leading to an intermingling of private and public policing and a possible "value-shift" for the overall security policy. Systematic comparative research between police and private security values is, however, still lacking. This article intends to help filling this void by giving an overview of literature on values and occupational culture in both sectors. We conclude that culture is mostly approached in a one-sided, stereotypical, and negative way. Our recommendation is to integrate the occupational culture research in the broader academic tradition that focuses on organizational culture and climate.
AB - Recent years have seen an increasing privatization of the security sector, leading to an intermingling of private and public policing and a possible "value-shift" for the overall security policy. Systematic comparative research between police and private security values is, however, still lacking. This article intends to help filling this void by giving an overview of literature on values and occupational culture in both sectors. We conclude that culture is mostly approached in a one-sided, stereotypical, and negative way. Our recommendation is to integrate the occupational culture research in the broader academic tradition that focuses on organizational culture and climate.
KW - Ethics
KW - Occupational culture
KW - Police
KW - Private security
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67650529347&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01900690902861688
DO - 10.1080/01900690902861688
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67650529347
SN - 0190-0692
VL - 32
SP - 461
EP - 490
JO - International Journal of Public Administration
JF - International Journal of Public Administration
IS - 6
ER -