Uncomfortable knowledge, the production of ignorance and the trustworthiness of UK policing
Fenton-O'Creevy, Mark, Bowles, Benjamin, Maguire, Linda and Williams, Emma (2024) Uncomfortable knowledge, the production of ignorance and the trustworthiness of UK policing. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. ISSN 1752-4520 (In Press)
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In this paper, we draw on emerging theories of the production of ignorance in organisations. We conduct qualitative analysis of two forms of secondary data on policing in England and Wales: first, documents in the public domain from the Casey Review and the Angiolini Inquiry; second, qualitative data collected as part of ‘Operation Soteria’ a UK Home Office-funded programme designed to improve the investigation of rape and serious sexual offences. We highlight the adverse effects of avoidance of uncomfortable knowledge, organisational silence, and non-learning in policing. We argue that they are both important contributors to the crisis of legitimacy faced by UK policing, and barriers to effective change. Finally, we discuss both structural conditions that support the production and reproduction of ignorance and approaches to ‘undoing ignorance’.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | uncomfortable knowledge, organisational silence, non-learning, ignorance, policing |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
Divisions: | Other Departments (Central units) > Research Directorate |
Depositing User: | Linda Maguire |
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2024 09:06 |
Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2024 09:06 |
URI: | https://oars.uos.ac.uk/id/eprint/4357 |
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