The Abstract Police: a conceptual exploration of unintended changes of police organizations

Jan Terpstra; Nicholas R Fyfe; Renze Salet

doi:10.1177/0032258X18817999

The Abstract Police: a conceptual exploration of unintended changes of police organizations

Jan Terpstra (Lead / Corresponding author), Nicholas R Fyfe, Renze Salet

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Abstract

As a consequence of the 2013 police reforms in the Netherlands and Scotland, the police in both countries have made a shift towards a fundamentally different kind of organisation: the Abstract Police. The increasing abstract character resulted in changes in the internal and external relations of the police. The police became more formalised and dependent on rigid systems and system information. Citizens and communities became more at a distance. Gradual and long-term processes may have similar consequences. For that reason it may be expected that the increasingly abstract character of the police may also be found elsewhere.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	339-359
Number of pages	21
Journal	Police Journal
Volume	92
Issue number	4
Early online date	3 Feb 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X18817999
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2019

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Terpstra, J., Fyfe, N.R., Salet R., "The Abstract Police: a conceptual exploration of unintended changes of police organizations", The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles (2018). Copyright © 2018 (The Authors). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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