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Minority Police Applicants Concerns and Assessment of Occupational Roles.
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Canadian Journal of Police and Security Services
- Article date:
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March 22, 2006
- Author:
- Kozey, Jordan
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ARTICLE REVIEWED:
Perrott, S.B. (1999). Visible Minority Applicant Concerns and Assessment of Occupational Role in the Era of Community-based Policing. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 9, 339-353.
According to Perrott (1999), recruiting minority officers has become an important focus in Western Democratic policing initiatives. In Canada, a variety of strategies have been implemented to ensure that police officers representation is reflective of the social fabric. Although these initiatives aim at strengthening police-community partnerships (and also encourage workplace equity), studies conducted in both the United Kingdom and Canada suggest that many ...