Cultural Safety

Every culture is composed of four elements: “values, norms, beliefs, and expressive symbols” (Peterson, 1979, p. 137). Each police officer is influenced by the police organizational culture during training. After graduation fro the police academy, the officer is influenced by the more experienced officers of the department. Research conducted by several authors has found that peer influence never ceases even after years of experience in the field.

The police officer’s requirement to enforce morality laws such as traffic laws usually leads to citizens denying his authority and raising his threat level (Skolnick, p.4). Skolnick states, “The kind of man who responds well to danger, however, does not normally prescribe to the codes of puritanical morality.” Because of this, many people view police officers at hypocrites, which gives the police community further reason to isolate as well as further reason to build strong rapport between themselves (Skolnick, p. 4). Skolnick points out that it appears that British police are better about following procedural guidelines than are American police, but that the reason is that they face less dangers than do the police officers of the United States, thus they are better at creating

Unfortunately, individuals are dehumanized by police officers by way of discrimination. One example of unfair treatment from law officers is the racial discrimination in England and Wales uncovered by a shocking survey, “Police forces were threatened today with legal action as the Government’s equality watchdog said Black and Asian Britons were still being unfairly

Cultural safety is also about involving clients, their families and communities in deciding how the service does its work. They need to participate in designing the best interventions for their own people. We may need to combine both cultural knowledge and service to achieve partnership. There are approaches that we could use to increase participation:

Police Relations with Minority Ethnic Communities The Macpherson report was published in 1999 amidst problems of racial inequality and a lack of faith in the police amongst minority ethnic communities. There is an ongoing debate on whether Macpherson’s report was a help or a hindrance with regards to minority ethnic relations and the police; it is this dispute that the essay shall examine. To begin with the paper will look at the problems, which existed prior to Sir William Macpherson’s publication and which led to the publication of his report. It will then proceed to examine the failures of the Scarman report, in order to look at both the prior problems and failures regarding the 1981 Scarman

Another example

Police officers in a crime prone region and in areas with extreme rowdy criminal behavior may develop some degree of dislike for the law breakers and their approach to dealing with the criminals may be brutal. In such situations, the police officers enforcing law and order act based on their emotions rather than their professional expectations.

"Relations between the police and minority groups are a continuing problem in many multiracial societies. Surveys consistently document racial differences in perceptions of the police, with minorities more likely than whites to harbor negative views." (Weitzer and Tuch, Race and Perceptions of Police Misconduct, 2004)

Since no one in the world is the same it means that police officers must deal with all different types of people. This makes their job extremely

This representation of the Maori Culture implies that the majority of the Maori society is like what is shown on "Police Ten 7" and this contributes to the ‘hood’ stereotype for the Maori Culture. This stereotyping is not the representation itself but in fact the result of the representation, and could explain why "Police Ten 7 is such an iconic program for many New Zealanders - it is something they can identify with being documented on the New Zealand Police. Although the majority of the Maori society are not like the individuals presented on "Police Ten 7" in terms of the way they present themselves or act the way in which "Police Ten 7" instruct, New Zealand society identify with this representation of the Maori Culture due to it being a developed attitude or stereotype of society based on the media portrayal of the Maori Culture.

In the video featuring Eugene Paoline, police culture was examined. Police culture has many variations and there is not one approach to policing. Officers see the world differently and also treat citizens differently. What works for one officer might not work for other officers. Paoline defined officers in groups

When it comes to race within law enforcement, male police officers still question whether women can handle the dangerous situations and physical confrontations that officers may be confronted with, while it is shown that most police women have easily met the expectations of their superiors. Indeed, studies have found that, in general, male and female officers perform in similar ways. In addition, research has found that most citizens have positive things to say about the work of police women (Worden,

Another example

The uniform worn by a police officer often psychologically embodies each individual’s stereotype about the officer’s authority, status, and motivations. In this formal paper, will explore the cause of the negative perceptions that Canadian minorities have on police uniforms.

Individuals who identify as Maori currently make up 15% of New Zealand’s population (Quince, 2007) , this reduces when age is taken account; where of New Zealand’s population over 15 years old, 12.5% identify as Maori (Elers, 2012). Grossly disproportionate to this is the representation of the Maori population in New Zealand crime rates. Studies have shown that in New Zealand, Maori individuals are approximately 38-39% more likely to be prosecuted and convicted of an offence than non-Maori. They also showed that Maori individuals were nine times more likely than non-Maori to be kept in custody whilst awaiting trial for an offence. They are seven times more likely to receive a custodial sentence after conviction and are markedly less