NCJ Number
9554
Date Published
1971
Length
105 pages
Annotation
DESCRIPTION OF THE SOCIETAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH CORRUPTION IS PERMITTED TO THRIVE AND THE INFLUENCES WHICH SHAPE ITS EXISTENCE.
Abstract
TYPOLOGIES ARE DEVELOPED FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF POLICE CORRUPTION AND FOR THE VICTIMS OF THIS CORRUPTION. THE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TREAT POLICE CORRUPTION AS ESSENTIALLY A PROBLEM IN POLICE MANAGEMENT, THE SOLUTION TO WHICH IS A SERIES OF PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES TO CONTROL POLICE BEHAVIOR AND TO RESHAPE POLICE ATTITUDES. ELEMENTS WHICH ARE MENTIONED AS ESSENTIAL TO AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM ARE - A REDEFINITION OF RELATIONSHIPS, ETHICAL CODES, A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE STYLE, SPECIFIC PERSONNEL POLICIES, DEPARTMENT REACTION TO POLICE CRIMINALITY, AND AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION UNIT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)