| Description |
ix, 444 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: Pt. I. Fundamental concepts -- 1. A typology of police deviance -- 2. Administrative guidance and control of police officer behaviour : policies, procedures and rules -- 3. Police ethics, integrity, and off-duty behaviour : policy issues of officer conduct -- 4. peer group support for police occupational deviance -- Pt. II. Occupational deviance -- 5. The touchables : vice and police corruption -- 6. An overview of issues concerning police officer drug use -- 7. An empirical study of police deviance other than corruption -- 8. Police lies and perjury : a motivation-based typology -- 9. After L.A., would your local police lie? -- 10. Who guards the guardians? Managerial misconduct in policing -- Pt. II. Abuse of authority I : an overview of issues -- 11. Sexual misconduct by police officers -- 12. Police use of deadly force : exploring some key issues -- 13. Theoretical considerations of officer profanity and obscenity in formal contacts with citizens -- 14. A taxonomy of prejudice and discrimination by police officers -- Pt. IV. Abuse of authority II : the special case of excessive force -- 15. Theoretical dimensions in the abuse of authority by police officers -- 16. Report of the Independent Commission of the Los Angeles Police Department -- 17. Deflecting police deviance : a comment on the characterization of brutality victims -- 18. Different jury, different verdict? -- Pt. V. Managing police deviance -- 19. Controlling and reviewing police-citizen contacts -- 20. Police disciplinary procedures : a review of selected police departments -- 21. Investigation and review of complaints against police officers : an overview of issues and philosophies -- 22. Civil and criminal liabilities of police officers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Police corruption -- United States -- Case studies.
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Police corruption.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Carter, D. L. (David L.), 1933- author
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| LC no. |
93079349 |
| ISBN |
0870847147 |
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