Exploring the 'Copper's Nose' and the discourse surrounding its perceived existence, value and impact on policing in the UK

探索“铜鼻子”以及围绕其感知存在、价值和对英国警务影响的讨论

• 批准号: 2619411
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2619411
• 关键词: Exploring; Copper; Nose; discourse; surrounding

Within policing, there exists a discourse surrounding an orthodox phenomenon: that police officers have intuition beyond the comprehension of their non-police officer civilian counterparts, colloquially known as the 'Copper's Nose'. Lacking informal definition, and without valid operating parameters, the application of this phenomenon into practice is unsystematic, undocumented and at odds with EBP discourse. The proposed thesis will use qualitative methods to conduct a large-scale study exploring the views of serving UK police officers on their understanding of the term, the 'Copper's Nose', and would record formally, for the first time anywhere in the world, the perceived existence of the 'Copper's Nose' as a specific and recognised term in policing. By documenting the existence of the phenomenon, an invaluable roadmap is produced from which recalcitrance of officers to engage in EBP discourse can be addressed; previously undocumented cultural impacts can be measured; and the decision-making of police officers better accounted for. Further, by producing a formal definition of the 'Copper's Nose' alongside a concept model, conscious awareness would be encouraged which, based on existing research, would lead to improved speed, accuracy and confidence in decision-making, whilst ensuring accountability and enhancing safeguarding. The proposal has gained the interest of several UK forces and the College of Policing, with wider scope to collaborate internationally.

在警务领域，存在着一种围绕正统现象的话语：警察的直觉超出了非警察文职同行的理解，俗称“铜鼻子”。由于缺乏非正式的定义，也没有有效的操作参数，这一现象在实践中的应用是不系统的，没有记录的，与EBP的话语不一致。拟议的论文将采用定性方法进行大规模的研究，探索在职的英国警察对他们的理解的看法，“铜的鼻子”，并将正式记录，在世界上任何地方的第一次，感知存在的“铜的鼻子”作为一个特定的和公认的警务术语。通过记录这种现象的存在，产生了一个宝贵的路线图，从中可以解决官员参与EBP话语的不情愿;可以测量以前没有记录的文化影响;更好地解释警察的决策。此外，通过制定“铜鼻子”的正式定义以及概念模型，将鼓励有意识的意识，根据现有的研究，这将导致决策的速度，准确性和信心的提高，同时确保问责制和加强保护。该提议引起了英国几支部队和警察学院的兴趣，并扩大了国际合作的范围。