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Nurturing isolation in the South African police service: A comparison of male and female recruits

Abstract
Purpose – The article aims to report on an examination of South African Police Service (SAPS)
recruits for indicators evincing the presence of the police culture theme of isolation. The research also
seeks to determine if the presence of isolation as characteristic of SAPS recruits is gender neutral as
well as whether indicators of social isolation change over the period of basic recruit training as well as
during the first period of encounter, field training.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001426
Date January 2009
CreatorsMeyer, ME and Jean Steyn, Steyn, J
PublisherEmerald Group Publishing Limited
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText
FormatPdf
Rightsc Emerald Group Publishing Limited
RelationPolicing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

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