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Police culture

Sociological discussion programme. Police culture, socialisation and identity - Laurie Taylor explores the changing nature of the British police force.

Police culture, socialisation and identity. Laurie Taylor explores the process by which police officers become 'blue'. He's joined by Sarah Charman, a Reader in Criminology at the University of Portsmouth, Carol Cox, Acting Head of the School of Forensic and Applied Sciences at The University of Central Lancashire and Louise Westmarland, Professor of Criminology at the Open University.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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28 minutes

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Mon 22 Jan 201800:15
BBC Radio 4

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