Widen your reading with these suggested journal articles. Links have been provided for SAGE journal articles, enabling you to access for free. You may have access to non-SAGE journal articles via your university library.

A useful early study examined the question of police working personality:

Balch, R.W. (1972) ‘The Police Personality: Fact or Fiction?’, The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, 63: 106-19119.

The status of a minority group among police ranks is reviewed in:

Jones, Matthew (2015) ‘Who Forgot Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Police Officers? Findings from a National Survey’, Policing, 9: 65-76.

The changing and dynamic nature of police culture is explored in Loftus’ work:

Loftus, B. (2008) ‘Dominant Culture Interrupted: Recognition, Resentment and the Politics of Change in an English Police Force’, British Journal of Criminology, 48:756-777.

An important re-appraisal of the nature and value of police sub-culture is offered by Waddington:

Waddington, P.A.J. (1999) ‘Police (Canteen) Sub-Culture – anAn Appreciation’, British Journal of Criminology, 39: 287-309.