I have been asked to write a report on Conformity and Obedience and how it links to two major studies. I am going to write the report on the Police and the two major studies are going to be on Stanley Milgram and also Hoffling.

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Ryan Mitcham

Understanding Discipline

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I have been asked to write a report on Conformity and Obedience and how it links to two major studies. I am going to write the report on the Police and the two major studies are going to be on Stanley Milgram and also Hoffling.

Within the Police service there are certain codes of practice that MUST be followed. All public services have codes of practice that have to be followed, if not then disciplinary procedures will take place. This is because you have broken a major rule which is set by the Police organisation which is always agreed to in your contract.  

In the Police service you are being given orders all day every day. People who follow these orders are conforming. This is part of every job that you will ever go into, but can be a lot more serious in the police. If you are given an order and you ignore it then you could be putting your life in danger and also the life of others.

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If the police service didn’t have codes of practice then it would not run properly, this is because major services such as the police run on a hierarchy procedure. This procedure means that orders have to be given and also obeyed. This is called conforming; this is a major part of the police service in order for it to run smoothly.

Hierarchy: - the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body ()

A major study into conformity took place trying to see how far people would conform. Milgram set up an experiment ...

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