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The stolen weapon or the lost weapon? Notes to understand the representations of police work among Argentine Federal Police officers

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  • José Garriga Zucal Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales, Universidad de General San Martín / CONICET
No. 14 (2020): april-september. Dossier: "Police and Culture: New Approaches in Latin America"
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-4862.2020.57133

Abstract

During 2013 I made an ethnographic observation at the Cadet School of the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) and witnessed a confusing episode, linked to the disappearance of a firearm, which aroused controversies and various opinions. We will analyze in this work the disputes of interpretation of the event, to investigate different representations of the training and the senses of police work. We are interested in analyzing how federal police officers interpret their work. To do this, we will study disputes about the senses of training and professionalization of the forces.

Keywords:

Police, Work, Profesionalization, Sacrifice, Training

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Garriga Zucal, J. (2020). The stolen weapon or the lost weapon? Notes to understand the representations of police work among Argentine Federal Police officers. Meridional. Revista Chilena De Estudios Latinoamericanos, (14), 195–218. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-4862.2020.57133
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