Cheapening Death

Marenin, Otwin

doi:10.1177/1098611116652983

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“…Surveys show that trust in the police is low, especially among minority populations (Morin et al, 2017;Peffley & Hurwitz, 2010). Moreover, survey research suggests that police perceive the populace as highly volatile and threatening (Marenin, 2016;Nix, Wolfe, & Campbell, 2018). Shows of overt militarystyle force threaten to amplify these antagonistic perceptions.…”

Section: Policing In a Democratic Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Agency Correlates of Police Militarization: The Case of MRAPs

Burkhardt

Baker

2018

Police Quarterly

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In 2014, protests in Ferguson, Missouri (MO), and the subsequent law enforcement response, shined a light on police militarization-the adoption of military styles, equipment, and tactics within law enforcement. Since 1990, the U.S. Department of Defense has transferred excess military equipment to domestic law enforcement agencies via the federal 1033 program. This article examines transfers of mineresistant ambush-protected vehicles or MRAPs. Designed to withstand explosive blasts during U.S. military occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan, surplus MRAPs have been shipped to more than 800 domestic law enforcement agencies. This article uses national data on law enforcement agencies and on 1033 program transfers to analyze the pattern of MRAP distribution. The results show that MRAPs are disproportionately acquired by agencies that have warrior tendencies and rely on asset forfeiture to generate revenue. This pattern of militarization is consistent with a model of governance that views citizens as both opportunities and threats.

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Section: Policing In a Democratic Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Agency Correlates of Police Militarization: The Case of MRAPs

Burkhardt

Baker

2018

Police Quarterly

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“…Contemporary researchers have noted that although there is variation in police culture (Ingram et al, 2013;Paoline, 2004), other features of this culture-such as the emphasis on danger and potential death on patrol-remain consistent (Loftus, 2010;Marenin, 2016). Drawing on ethnographic observations and interviews across three urban police departments between 2014 and 2018, in this analysis, I employed the concepts of cultural artifacts and organizational memory to describe how the centrality of danger and death in police culture is maintained through commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite significant changes in the technology and implementation of policing over time (Alpert, Dunham, & Stroshine, 2014;Manning, 2010), police work and police culture also have remarkable longitudinal consistencies. One historically robust feature of police culture-the preoccupation with danger and possible death-has been documented by police scholars for more than 50 years (Marenin, 2016;Sierra-Arévalo, 2016;Skolnick, 1966) and continues to hold a "prominent position within [the] occupational consciousness" of police (Loftus, 2010, p. 13). This remains true even though official statistics and officers themselves have long noted the rarity of deadly violence while on patrol (Cullen, Link, Travis, & Lemming, 1983;Zimring, 2017).…”

Section: Danger Death and Commemorationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The commemoration of death, organizational memory, and police culture

Sierra‐Arévalo¹

2019

Criminology

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Police scholars document that although there is fragmentation of the so‐called “monolithic” police culture, historically consistent features of the occupational culture of police exist. By drawing on ethnographic observations in three U.S. police departments, I describe how one consistent feature of police culture—the preoccupation with danger and potential death—is maintained by the commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty. Through the use of commemorative cultural artifacts, officers and departments construct an organizational memory that locally reflects and reifies the salience of danger and potential death in policing. Furthermore, commemoration of fallen officers is not restricted to a department's own; the dead of other departments are commemorated by distant police organizations and their officers, maintaining broad, occupational assumptions of dangerous and deadly police work that transcend a single department and its localized organizational memory. Implications for the study of police culture, inequalities in policing, and police reform are considered.

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“…A segment of police believes in aggressive policing as a style and rejects civilian input (Paoline, 2003;Skolnick, 2011). Recent press may seem to indicate that this is a majority, but that is untrue (Marenin, 2016). Disrespect or 'contempt of cop' occurs frequently, and some research has showed that civilian demeanour impacts police beliefs and encounters (Dunham & Alpert, 2009;Engel, Tillyer, Klahm, & Frank, 2012;Pickett & Nix, 2019).…”

Section: Police Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Management Issues in Police and Social Worker Alliances: Using the Lens of Occupational Culture

Leonard

Scotter

2023

Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management

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Events, often involving members of minority groups, have caused members of the public to question the motives and methods of the police. In these events, police have either reacted to a misperceived threat or misunderstood the situation and responded incorrectly. To prevent future events, some observers have called for an alliance between police and social workers in responding to specific events within the community. Some cases may cause a need for resources that are not within the police domain. In the heat of the moment, determining the best way to deal with emotionally charged situations can require complex decision making. For instance, when police respond to reports of domestic violence, both parties may forget about their own differences and turn on the police. Negative experiences may cause police to respond based on previous experiences, rather than the current situation. This paper examines significant differences in the occupational cultures of social workers and police that may affect how the two units interact and respond to events. Our findings explicate the influence of cultural issues on the effectiveness of the proposed alliance. This paper does not discuss incidents where the groups are working well together, but only those where there may be occupational cultural differences that cause problems.

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Cheapening Death

Cited by 43 publications

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Agency Correlates of Police Militarization: The Case of MRAPs

Agency Correlates of Police Militarization: The Case of MRAPs

The commemoration of death, organizational memory, and police culture

Management Issues in Police and Social Worker Alliances: Using the Lens of Occupational Culture

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