'CONSERVATISM, DOGMATISM, AND AUTHORITARIANISM IN BRITISH POLICE OFFICERS': A COMMENT

In their article, 'Conservatism, Dogmatism and Authoritarianism in British Police Officers', Colman and Gorman interpret their own data in a selective and distorting fashion, so as to give a false and damaging impression of police officers' attitudes, especially towards ethnic minorit...

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Published in:Sociology (Oxford) 1982-11, Vol.16 (4), p.591-594
Main Author: Waddington, P. A. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authoritarian/Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism
Britain/British (see also England, Great Britain)
Conservatism
Conservative/Conservatives/Conservatism
Control groups
Crime
CRITICAL NOTES
Dogma/Dogmas/Dogmatic/Dogmatism
Dogmatism
Hostility
Officer/Officers
Police
Police community relations
Police recruitment
Police/Policing/Policemen
Socialization
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Summary:In their article, 'Conservatism, Dogmatism and Authoritarianism in British Police Officers', Colman and Gorman interpret their own data in a selective and distorting fashion, so as to give a false and damaging impression of police officers' attitudes, especially towards ethnic minorities. Their explanation for these 'findings' are also unsatisfactory: being based upon a weak notion of socialization, and ignoring more obvious alternative explanations. The result is to, wrongly, imply a reductionist explanation for the current crisis in police-community relations.
ISSN:0038-0385
1469-8684
DOI:10.1177/0038038582016004009