• From legalist to Dirty Harry: Police recruits’ attitudes towards non-legalistic police practice 

      Fekjær, Silje Bringsrud; Petersson, Otto; Thomassen, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This study provides a test of the presumption that police recruits with a diverse background, undertaking comparatively long academic training, will refrain from non-legalistic practices. This is tested by longitudinal ...
    • How police leaders learn to lead 

      Filstad, Cathrine; Karp, Tom; Glomseth, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This article examines how Norwegian police leaders learn to lead and what constitutes police practices. Twenty-seven police leaders were shadowed during and interviewed about their daily practices of policing. We found ...
    • Police leadership as a professional practice 

      Filstad, Cathrine; Karp, Tom (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In this paper, we ascertain whether a practice-based approach can increase our knowledge of police leadership. This approach represents an alternative to normative management models which have dominated the management ...