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In public discourses in Germany, the police as an institution is presented on the one hand as our "friend and helper" and the guarantor of law and order, and on the other hand as an organization with a monopoly on violence that (illegally) practices violence. Police officers are presented correspondingly as actors in the sphere of security and prevention of violence, and as victims or perpetrators of illegitimate violence. Beyond reflecting on these complementary images, this sociological study looks at the everyday work of the police and reconstructs this complex field of action. Using a combination of theoretical approaches from biographical research, social constructivism and figurational sociology, this empirical study of the work of uniformed police officers in Lower Saxony shows how their actions are processed in the context of specific organizational conditions and the biographical experiences of the individuals concerned. It is found that the structural features of police actions and interpretations are located at the interface between organization and biography: organizational orientations for police action and their interactive implementation in concrete situations and in the daily routines of the organization are closely intertwined with the biographies of the police officers concerned. The study shows that concrete police practices are not only influenced by socialization within the organization, but are also linked to biographical experiences and stocks of knowledge. This study thus contributes to our understanding of careers in the police, police work and everyday practice. Beyond this it provides general insights into the interrelationship between organizations and biographies.

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In öffentlichen Diskursen wird die Polizei sowohl als "Freund und Helfer" und Garant von Ordnung und Gesetz präsentiert, als auch als Institution eines Gewaltmonopols verhandelt, das (illegitim) Gewalt ausübt. Polizist*innen werden korrespondierend als Akteure im Bereich Sicherheit und Gewaltprävention sowie als Opfer oder Täter*innen von illegitimer Gewalt präsentiert. Jenseits der Reflexion über diese komplementären Bilder richtet die vorliegende soziologische Studie den Blick auf den schutzpolizeilichen Alltag und rekonstruiert diesen als komplex strukturiertes Handlungsfeld. Die empirische Untersuchung des Einsatz- und Streifendienstes in Niedersachsen zeigt auf Basis einer Verknüpfung von biographietheoretischen, sozialkonstruktivistischen und figurationssoziologischen Perspektiven, wie polizeiliches Handeln im Kontext von spezifischen Organisationsbedingungen und den lebensgeschichtlichen Erfahrungen von Polizist*innen prozessiert wird. Strukturmerkmale polizeilichen Handelns und Deutens zeigen sich genau an der Schnittstelle von Organisation und Biographie: Organisationale Handlungsorientierungen und deren interaktive Durchsetzung in polizeilichen Einsatzsituationen und innerhalb des Organisationsalltags sind eng verwoben mit den lebensgeschichtlichen Verläufen von Polizist*innen. Die Studie zeigt, dass die konkrete Berufsausübung nicht nur von der beruflichen Sozialisation in der Organisation geprägt wird, sondern wesentlich an biographische Erfahrungen und Wissensbestände anknüpft. Diese Untersuchung trägt damit zum Verstehen von Berufskarrieren, polizeilicher Arbeit und Alltagspraxis bei. Sie liefert darüber hinaus generelle Erkenntnisse zu den Wechselwirkungen zwischen Organisationen und Biographien.

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Police misconduct --- Police misconduct. --- Police --- Police. --- Netherlands

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Police body-worn cameras (BWCs) are at the cutting edge of policing. They have sparked important conversations about the proper role and extent of police in society and about balancing security, oversight, accountability, privacy, and surveillance in our modern world. Police on Camera address the conceptual and empirical evidence surrounding the use of BWCs by police officers in societies around the globe, offering a variety of differing opinions from experts in the field. The book provides the reader with conceptual and empirical analyses of the role and impact of police body-worn cameras in society. These analyses are complimented by invited commentaries designed to open up dialogue and generate debate on these important social issues. The book offers informed, critical commentary to the ongoing debates about the implications that BWCs have for society in various parts of the world, with special attention to issues of police accountability and discretion, privacy, and surveillance. This book is designed to be accessible to a broad audience, and is targeted at scholars and students of surveillance, law and policy, and the police, as well as policymakers and others interested in how surveillance technologies are impacting our modern world and criminal justice institutions.

Police misconduct --- Wearable cameras. --- Police-community relations. --- Police. --- Prevention.