Reflections on the abstract police using the perspective of ideal-types
- Author
- Marleen Easton (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- In this chapter, some reflections are made on defining Abstract Police as a new ideal-type. We argue that the valuable discussion on Abstract Police can be enriched by linking the observations to existing ideal-types/police models developed in earlier police research as it allows to include positive and negative evolutions in the uptake of technology by the police. This would anchor the debate more in existing theory and add some balance to the discussion. This chapter first sheds a light on ideal-types as a concept relying on the work of the sociologist Max Weber. Second, the way in which ideal-types have played a role in police research during the past decades is described. Third, we recapitulate how Terpstra, Fyfe, and Salet have defined the Abstract Police as ideal-type. In a fourth section, we formulate our methodological comments and suggest another approach to strengthen the valuable discussion initiated by our colleagues.
- Keywords
- Ideal-type, Police models, Technology
Downloads
-
(...).pdf
- full text (Published version)
- |
- UGent only
- |
- |
- 245.75 KB
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8736910
- MLA
- Easton, Marleen. “Reflections on the Abstract Police Using the Perspective of Ideal-Types.” Policing in Smart Societies : Reflections on the Abstract Police, edited by Antoinette Verhage et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, pp. 27–42, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_3.
- APA
- Easton, M. (2022). Reflections on the abstract police using the perspective of ideal-types. In A. Verhage, M. Easton, & S. De Kimpe (Eds.), Policing in smart societies : reflections on the abstract police (pp. 27–42). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_3
- Chicago author-date
- Easton, Marleen. 2022. “Reflections on the Abstract Police Using the Perspective of Ideal-Types.” In Policing in Smart Societies : Reflections on the Abstract Police, edited by Antoinette Verhage, Marleen Easton, and Sofie De Kimpe, 27–42. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_3.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Easton, Marleen. 2022. “Reflections on the Abstract Police Using the Perspective of Ideal-Types.” In Policing in Smart Societies : Reflections on the Abstract Police, ed by. Antoinette Verhage, Marleen Easton, and Sofie De Kimpe, 27–42. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_3.
- Vancouver
- 1.Easton M. Reflections on the abstract police using the perspective of ideal-types. In: Verhage A, Easton M, De Kimpe S, editors. Policing in smart societies : reflections on the abstract police. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan; 2022. p. 27–42.
- IEEE
- [1]M. Easton, “Reflections on the abstract police using the perspective of ideal-types,” in Policing in smart societies : reflections on the abstract police, A. Verhage, M. Easton, and S. De Kimpe, Eds. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, pp. 27–42.
@incollection{8736910,
abstract = {{In this chapter, some reflections are made on defining Abstract Police as a new ideal-type. We argue that the valuable discussion on Abstract Police can be enriched by linking the observations to existing ideal-types/police models developed in earlier police research as it allows to include positive and negative evolutions in the uptake of technology by the police. This would anchor the debate more in existing theory and add some balance to the discussion.
This chapter first sheds a light on ideal-types as a concept relying on the work of the sociologist Max Weber. Second, the way in which ideal-types have played a role in police research during the past decades is described. Third, we recapitulate how Terpstra, Fyfe, and Salet have defined the Abstract Police as ideal-type. In a fourth section, we formulate our methodological comments and suggest another approach to strengthen the valuable discussion initiated by our colleagues.}},
author = {{Easton, Marleen}},
booktitle = {{Policing in smart societies : reflections on the abstract police}},
editor = {{Verhage, Antoinette and Easton, Marleen and De Kimpe, Sofie}},
isbn = {{9783030836849}},
issn = {{2730-535X}},
keywords = {{Ideal-type,Police models,Technology}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{27--42}},
publisher = {{Palgrave Macmillan}},
series = {{Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies}},
title = {{Reflections on the abstract police using the perspective of ideal-types}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83685-6_3}},
year = {{2022}},
}
- Altmetric
- View in Altmetric