Complex Harmony: The Military and Professional Models of Policing |
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Authors: | Ellen C. Leichtman |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Criminal Justice & Police Studies, College of Justice and Safety, Eastern Kentucky University, 467 Stratton, 521 Lancaster Ave., Richmond, KY 40475, USA |
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Abstract: | This article discusses the importance of the military model throughout police reform, and how it has coexisted with, rather than been supplanted by, the professional model. Early reformers chose the military upon which to structure their concept of the urban police. That concept was refashioned into the professional model as the background of the reformers changed. This new model then replaced the military model in criminal justice literature, public vernacular, and police self-image, although the military model continued to exist under the radar. Today the “militarization of the police” is a major criminal justice topic, but its recent visibility is actually an ongoing part of the original reform ideal. |
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