This journal article discusses the impact and role of police culture in police reform.

Janet Chan, 'Changing Police Culture' (1996) 36(1) The British Journal of Criminology 109

The law places limits on how police operate. Within those limits, police have a large amount of discretion about how they act. The way police use their discretion shapes people’s experiences with the criminal legal system and has been repeatedly linked to the over-representation of Aboriginal people in custody.

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Janet Chan, 'Changing Police Culture' (1996) 36(1) The British Journal of Criminology 109

Police discretion