We develop a typology of sensemaking in organizations that reconsiders existing
sensemaking research by providing a more coherent and integrative conceptualization of …

The concept of frames or framing, especially cast as “frame analysis,” has an established
history in public policy. Taking off from the work of Donald Schön and Martin Rein, we …

This paper explores the topic of police storytelling from an ethnographic perspective.
Ethnographies have always been full of stories, but it took a while for storytelling as such to …

Within police studies,'police culture'is often depicted according to a series of values (eg
conservatism, solidarity, suspicion, etc.). This article argues in favour of an alternative …

Interpretive political science focuses on the meanings that shape actions and institutions,
and the ways in which they do so. This Handbook explores the implications of interpretive …

For professional policing, learning is key. Since learning can be viewed as a complex
process between the individual and information, learning takes place both within and …

Interpreting human stories, whether those told by individuals, groups, organizations, nations,
or even civilizations, opens a wide scope of research options for understanding how people …

As JW Ironmonger's 2012 novel The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder opens, the
protagonist Max is lying face up, dead, on his own front room dining table. On his 21st …

Workers on the frontline of public service, such as teachers and social workers, cannot
provide unlimited support to all their clients, because of among else scarce time and money …

Taking Care of Business: Police Detectives, Drug Law Enforcement and Proactive
Investigation offers a rich and insightful empirical study of drug investigations, based on …