Drawing on six years of ethnographic research, this book critically examines police culture, exploring police behaviours, decision-making and actions.

Mike Rowe is Lecturer in Public Sector Management at the University of Liverpool, UK.

1.Introducing police culture 2.Spencer and Carol: a shift 3.Turning blue? 4.On the record 5.Part of a whole 6.Billy and Timothy: a shift 7.No cultural dopes 8.Culture disassembled