This article draws on empirical data from research into a British police recruit training programme to put forward a theory of how police recruits learn. Official accounts of learning in British police training are premised on the assumption that learning is an individualised process based on 'commo…
This article examines the philosophical principles underlying police training in England and Wales. An explanation for the documented lack of progress in changing police culture is proposed. It is suggested the current vogue for “National Standards” and “Competence Frameworks” is based on a discredi…
