Police Corruption : Exploring Police Deviance and Crime
Maurice. Punch
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (296 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Police Corruption: Deviance, reform and accountability in policing; Copyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; What is really real? Official paradigm and operational code(s); Officer Dowd (New York); Chapter 2 What is corruption?; Definition and forms of corruption; Police organisation, police culture and dirty work; Inclusion, moral career and slippery slope; Conclusion; Chapter 3 The US: from pad to crew; Police corruption in America; New York and the NYPD; Chicago, LAPD and Sea Girt. - Chapter 7 Scandal, reform and accountabilityScandal and reform; Police accountability in the UK; Police accountability in the US; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Conclusion: sticky fingers and dirty hands; Sticky fingers; Dirty hands; Appendix: What can be done?; References; Index. - Violence, drugs, police crime and corruption: New York, Miami and Los AngelesReform and good departments; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The Netherlands: Amsterdam and the 'IRT' affair; Amsterdam; The 'IRT' affair; Conclusion; Chapter 5 The UK: London, miscarriages of justice and Northern Ireland; London: the Met, Mark and investigations; Miscarriages of justice; Northern Ireland; Conclusion; Chapter 6 'Creatures in between': pathways into police deviance and corruption; 'Groovy Gang': SERCS and Neil Putnam; Prince of the City: SIU and Bob Leuci; Joining and leaving 'the Club'; Conclusion. - Policing and corruption are inseparable. This book argues that corruption is not one thing but covers many deviant and criminal practices in policing which also shift over time. It rejects the 'bad apple' metaphor and focuses on 'bad orchards', meaning not individual but institutional failure. For in policing the organisation, work and culture foster can encourage corruption. This raises issues as to why do police break the law and, crucially, 'who controls the controllers'? Corruption is defined in a broad, multi-facetted way. It concerns abuse of authority and trust; and it takes s
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| Emner | Police corruption.
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency Social Sciences Social Welfare & Social Work korrupsjon politi politikultur politietikk storbritannia usa nederland |
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| ISBN | 9781843924104. - 9781843924111
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