Analysis: The Police Subculture

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Police officer work can be a difficult task to handle. Police constantly work under stress and is a dangerous field to work in job especially if the majority of the public have a negative subculture against them. According to Steve McCartney, there is a strong subculture that permeates most agencies. While a common theme in academic discourse is that police culture is negative, entrenched in cynicism, masochism, loyalty above all else, and an “us versus them” mentality. The Police subculture have specific set of belief, attitudes, and behavior manifested by the law enforcement because they spend the majority of their time dealing with crime and tend to view members of the public as untrustworthy and potentially hostile. Therefore, police officer

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