The importance of context and cognitive agency in developing police knowledge: going beyond the police science discourse
Journal article
Wood, D., Cockcroft, T., Tong, S. and Bryant, R. 2017. The importance of context and cognitive agency in developing police knowledge: going beyond the police science discourse. The Police Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X17696101
Authors | Wood, D., Cockcroft, T., Tong, S. and Bryant, R. |
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Abstract | This paper argues the current exposition of police knowledge through the discourses of police science and evidenced based policing (EBP) leads to exaggerated claims about what is, and can be, known in policing. This new orthodoxy underestimates the challenges of applying knowledge within culturally-mediated police practice. The paper draws upon virtue epistemology highlighting the role cognitive agency plays in establishing knowledge claims. We challenge the assumption that it is possible to derive what works in all instances of certain aspects of policing and suggest it would be more apt to speak about what worked within a specific police context. |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | The Police Journal |
Publisher | SAGE |
ISSN | 0032-258X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X17696101 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 01 Jan 2017 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 01 Mar 2017 |
Accepted | Feb 2017 |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Output status | Published |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/88164/the-importance-of-context-and-cognitive-agency-in-developing-police-knowledge-going-beyond-the-police-science-discourse
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