SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Andragogy, Masculinity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3750
• Professor: Parnaby

Document Summary

Higher education: about 75% od cnd recruits have at least a college diploma, policing as a (cid:498)service(cid:499): higher education is critical, policing as (cid:498)force(cid:499): higher education is not necessary. People make the argument most training comes from the street, that"s why they argue that you don"t need post secondary. Senior officers and status senior officers find education a bit of a threat in terms of social status, feel like they are going to move up the hierarchy better. More articulate, better spoken, better with the public: better written skills, fewer citizen complaints. Higher education less likely to receive complaints: initiative and adapt quickly. How they deal with the public, and other officers: likely to be promoted, appreciate complexity of justice system. Have idea about what it should be and when they find out it is not they lose heart: more likely to request reassignment, question orders. More likely to say they don"t like the job.