Removing Disabling Barriers in Policing: Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties in the Police Service
Macdonald, Stephen J and Cosgrove, Faye (2019) Removing Disabling Barriers in Policing: Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties in the Police Service. THE POLICE JOURNAL: THEORY, PRACTICE AND PRINCIPLES, 92. ISSN 0032-258X
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Abstract
The aim of this article is to explore the impact of dyslexia, undiagnosed dyslexia and literacy difficulties on police officers/civilian employees. The study employs a social model approach which advocates that problems associated with dyslexia are not due to an impairment effect but can be attributed to a lack of reasonable adjustment due to disabling environmental barriers (Macdonald 2009). The methodology applies a quantitative approach that analyses the impact that dyslexia / literacy difficulties have on policing. The authors suggest that with minor adjustments to working environments, police organisations can foster an inclusive rather than exclusive occupational environment (Hill 2013).
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Social Sciences > Criminology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Education and Society Faculty of Education and Society > School of Social Sciences |
Depositing User: | Stephen Macdonald |
Date Deposited: | 02 May 2019 08:44 |
Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2020 11:18 |
URI: | http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/10716 |
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