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The Yellowstone Ranger: The Social Control and Socialization of Federal Law Enforcement Officers

Michael T. Charles

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Within this article the social control mechanisms and socialization process of Yellowstone rangers is explored, and the impact of these phenomena on ranger behavior are discussed. It was found that various control mechanisms are employed by social control agents to direct ranger role development and to limit the discretionary judgements of rangers. As rangers progress in their socialization process they begin to internalize the

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Within this article the social control mechanisms and socialization process of Yellowstone rangers is explored, and the impact of these phenomena on ranger behavior are discussed. It was found that various control mechanisms are employed by social control agents to direct ranger role development and to limit the discretionary judgements of rangers. As rangers progress in their socialization process they begin to internalize the

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Within this article the social control mechanisms and socialization process of Yellowstone rangers is explored, and the impact of these phenomena on ranger behavior are discussed. It was found that various control mechanisms are employed by social control agents to direct ranger role development and to limit the discretionary judgements of rangers. As rangers progress in their socialization process they begin to internalize the

Key concepts: Socialization, Social control, Control (management), Law enforcement, Process (computing), Enforcement, Sociology, Criminology

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