Politistudentene: Hvem er de og hvorfor vil de bli politi?
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Winnæss, P. & Helland, H. (2014). Politistudentene: Hvem er de og hvorfor vil de bli politi?Nordisk politiforskning, 1(2), 93-123Abstract
The article examines the reasons fresh police students have for choosing policeeducation and what kind of backgrounds they have. Previous research hasindicated that police students’ social background has changed in that theirparents have much higher education than before. Students’ perceptions of andattitudes toward police training and police work has, however, changed little,which can be seen as a paradox. This research has primarily analysed surveydata. We have combined qualitative interview data with data from publicadministrative registers. First, we find that police students are not interested inacademic and intellectual pursuits. Theoretical work in offices and in front ofcomputers is considered negatively as boring, one-sided, and resulting in decayand the «fading away» of the employees. Practical work outdoors, however,has positive connotations. These kind of preferences and work values fit nicelywith our analyses of the register data, which show that most police students arenot children of academics. Our findings, thus, show far greater accordancebetween the students’ values, attitudes and beliefs, and their parents’ level ofeducation than previous research has shown