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Police academy training: are we teaching recruits what they need to know?

Nancy Marion (Department of Political Science, University of Akron, Ohio, USA)

Policing: An International Journal

ISSN: 1363-951X

Article publication date: 1 March 1998

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Abstract

Police recruit training has come under scrutiny recently by both practitioners and academics who question the quality of education recruits receive prior to beginning their jobs. Past researchers have questioned whether the training adequately prepares recruits to be effective police officers. This study analyses the content of one police academy to determine if the training is sufficient. This was done by actually attending an academy training program as a recruit to determine what occurs within the academy setting. By comparing the content of this academy to the required elements identified in academic and practitioner’s literature, it was determined that this police academy is providing quality training to potential officers within time and budgetary constraints.

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Marion, N. (1998), "Police academy training: are we teaching recruits what they need to know?", Policing: An International Journal, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 54-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/13639519810206600

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MCB UP Ltd

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