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Police officers describe common sense as an intrinsic attribute of policing, shaped by dominant conceptions of policing as a craft learned on the job, with officers as artisans. 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Police officers in this research emphasised common sense as an intrinsic attribute of policing. Conceptions of policing as a craft or trade, learned on-the-job, and police officers as artisans, have dominated police training. In recent years, in response to global trends to professionalise policing, organisations in most Western nations have established partnerships with tertiary and higher education institutions to provide integrated programs of professional learning and practice for police. This paper draws on Bourdieu’spractice theory to examine the narratives of traditionally trained police officers’perceptions of commonsense. Police officers’ narratives revealed three distinct perspectives that supported the unquestioning acceptance and application of common sense to their everyday practice.  \nKeywords: police practice, common sense, practice theory, Bourdieu, police training and education.  \n140 Cheryl Ryan  \nIntroduction  \nThis paper examines the concept and application of common sense to police officers’ practices. Common sense was identified as a significant finding of a qualitative narrative research project investigating the professional practice and learning of police in an Australian police jurisdiction.Common sense is a ubiquitous term, the meaning readily assumed and accepted (Geertz, 1973; Rescher, 2005; Rosenfeld, 2011).It has been referred to as“good sense”(Rescher, 2005, p.37) that every “reasonable person”(Geertz ,1973, p.772)“should know”(Rescher, p.23, emphasis in original). In contrast, labels of deficient orincompetent are assigned to those who are judged as lacking common sense (1973, p.773) . Police officers in this research emphasised common sense as an intrinsic quality of policing.Considering the conceptions of policing as a craft, learned on-the-job, and police officers as artisans (Birzer, 2003; Beckett, 2001; Jones, 2015; Steinheider, Wuestewald, Boyatzis & Kroutter, 2012), common sense keeps things simple, accessible, and informs everyday practice (Rescher, 2005, p.26).Anything requiring complex thought and inquiry is viewed in opposition to common sense.This is antithetical to the ongoing national and international debates about police and professionalisation (Fyfe, 2013; Green & Gates, 2014; Rojek etal., 2012; Stone & Travis, 2013; Tong, 2017); the need for police to be educated and professional in their practice and behaviour. The definition of police professionalisation has been described as a “thorny issue” with many scholars struggling to identify standards for police professionalism (Fleming, 2014, p.356).  \nThis paper draws on Bourdieu’s practice theory to examine the narratives of traditionally trained police officers’perceptions of common sense as an intrinsic attribute of policing. Traditionally trained refers to those officers who were educated through training programs delivered wholly in and by the police academy and in the workplace.  \nCommon sense and police practice: It goes without saying 141  \nThe author was immersed in the police jurisdiction as a nonpolice employee involved in the education and professional learning division of the organisation and was conducting doctoral research with police officers in this jurisdiction. The researcher’s status as an outsider-part insider enabled a rapport and trust to be established in the interviewsand enabled access to police from the highest level of the organisation to ranks and levels across the jurisdiction.  \nLiterature review  \nPolicing and police work  \nEfforts to define policing and police work through an examination of literature reveal no fixed or precise definitions (Reiner, 2000, 2017; Rowe,","cbCailAwy8fEvhnj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailAwy8fEvhnj","pdf",176550,28,"English","# Introduction\n## Literature review: Policing and police work\n## Police culture\n## Police training and education","[{\"question\":\"What does the study identify as a significant finding about policing?\",\"answer\":\"The study identifies common sense as a significant finding in police professional practice and learning in an Australian police jurisdiction.\"},{\"question\":\"How do police officers in the research understand common sense?\",\"answer\":\"They emphasize common sense as an intrinsic quality of policing and as something that keeps everyday practice simple, accessible, and informed.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper frame the analysis of officers’ narratives?\",\"answer\":\"It draws on Bourdieu’s practice theory to examine traditionally trained officers’ perceptions of common sense, revealing three distinct perspectives supporting its unquestioning acceptance and application.\"}]","Common sense and police practice: It goes without saying | PDF",1792078440,71]