“Tough, loyal, reputable”: D/discourses and subcultures in police vocational training Ryan, Cheryl 2011, “Tough, loyal, reputable”: D/discourses and subcultures in police vocational training, in ACWAP 2011 : Making it Happen - Police and Community : Proceedings of the 7th ACWAP conference, ACWAP, Woden, ACT, pp. 1-11. Title “Tough, loyal, reputable”: D/discourses and subcultures in police vocational training Author(s) Ryan, Cheryl orcid.org/0000-0002-4929-4797 Conference name Australasian Women and Policing. Conference (7th : 2011 : Hobart, Tas.) Conference location Hobart Tas. Conference dates 21-24 Aug. 2011 Title of proceedings ACWAP 2011 : Making it Happen - Police and Community : Proceedings of the 7th ACWAP conference Editor(s) [Unknown] Publication date 2011 Conference series Australasian Women and Policing Conference Start page 1 End page 11 Total pages 11 Publisher ACWAP Place of publication Woden, ACT Keyword(s) police vocational training D/discourses subcultures Summary Warrior, Tough-love family, and Perfect self were identified as prevailing D/discourses (i.e., words, tools, beliefs, thinking styles) in police vocational training (i.e., vocational knowledge and skills to fulfil police operations). This paper provides an overview of research into the ‘discourse-practice’ (Cherryholmes 1988, p.34) framework of policing in a police vocational training environment with recruits. The research distinguished the dominant subcultures and prevailing D/discourses, and analysed the impact of these on individuals’ identity, subjectivity, agency, learning and membership within the policing community. Language eng Field of Research 130213 Vocational Education and Training Curriculum and Pedagogy Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2011, ACWAP Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30064541 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 574 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 18 Jun 2014, 12:50:08 EST by Kylie Koulkoudinas