Date of Award
1-1-2009
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of Public Administration and Policy
Content Description
1 online resource (xii, 177 pages) : PDF file, illustrations
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Mitchel Y. Abolafia
Committee Members
David P. McCaffrey, Robert E. Worden
Keywords
Human Rights, Identity Change, Police Deviance, Rationalization, Torture, Police brutality, Police ethics, Police subculture, Police administration, Human rights
Subject Categories
Organizational Behavior and Theory | Public Administration
Abstract
This is an ethnographic study of police deviance and police reform. This study investigates how organizational members rationalize the torture they perpetuated in the past, how they explain their sensemaking process and organizational identity change during the change process using empirical data from a counterterrorism division of the metropolitan police department (MPD) in a prospective member state of the EU.
Recommended Citation
Guler, Ahmet, "Explaining torture and its reduction in a police department : a view from below" (2009). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 48.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/48