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dc.contributor.authorPrenzler, Timothy
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-08T05:11:06Z
dc.date.available2019-08-08T05:11:06Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.identifier.issn10345329
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10345329.1996.12036710
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/120472
dc.description.abstractIn the comedy movie Copl/2 a hard bitten detective played by Burt Reynolds pursues a suspect who is fleeing on foot. The detective follows in a car until the suspect climbs over a high fence and disappears. The overweight and lazy detective clambers out of the car and makes a half-hearted attempt to scale the fence, but his paunch gets in the way. He then gets back in the car and drives straight through the fence and a second fence before cornering the suspect. The sequence provides some light humour, but it also dramatises the serious issue of police recruitment criteria and fitness policies. In caricature, the episode demonstrates the hypocrisy of stringent physical entry requirements which are not maintained following training, but which exclude many applicants who do not fit the traditional police stereotype of male athleticism.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Sydney Law School
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom314
dc.relation.ispartofpageto324
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCurrent Issues in Criminal Justice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume7
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1602
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1608
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801
dc.titleRebuilding the Walls? The Impact of Police Pre-Entry Physical Ability Tests on Female Applicants
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Peer Reviewed (HERDC)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPrenzler, Timothy J.


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