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Policing in the Vernacular

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Crime and the City

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The case of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is particularly important in British police studies as the most self-contained intra-force specialisation, with its own procedures, hierarchy and argot. It can be argued further that, almost of necessity, the occupational culture of the CID has its roots as much in the culture of crime as in the police force. This paper seeks to illuminate this strategic and neglected area of contemporary police work in an attempt to understand the verbal and presentational strategies employed by detectives in the course of their day-to-day interactions with the denizens of a specific urban environment.

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  1. Professor of Social Administration, London School of Economics, England

    David Downes (Professor) (Professor)

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Hobbs, R. (1989). Policing in the Vernacular. In: Downes, D. (eds) Crime and the City. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09304-5_7

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