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Law Enforcers or Law Evaders - Deviant Behavior in the Amsterdam Police

NCJ Number
96594
Journal
Police Studies Volume: 7 Issue: 4 Dated: (Winter 1984) Pages: 200-208
Author(s)
E M P vanLaere; R W M Geerts
Date Published
1985
Length
9 pages
Annotation
Theft in the Amsterdam police force is examined, with an eye toward identifying the organizational measures that facilitate and combat it.
Abstract
The first part of the article looks at the concept of deviant behavior. The second part describes the policy measures that are being taken by the Amsterdam police force, together with a study of the problems that emerged when those measures were implemented. (Publisher abstract)