Towards Professionalism and Police Legitimacy? An Examination of the Education and Training Reforms of the Police in the Republic of Ireland

In this paper, we present a thought piece examining recent core policing reforms introduced in the Republic of Ireland (ROI), responding to a perceived crisis of legitimacy, for An Garda Síochána (AGS) (translated: ‘The Guardian of the Peace’). Central to this p...

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Main Authors: Jeremy Thompson, Brian Payne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Education Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/9/3/241