NCJ Number
14985
Editor(s)
L W SHERMAN
Date Published
1974
Length
357 pages
Annotation
COMPILATION OF 15 DESCRIPTIVE AND ANALYTICAL PAPERS WHICH EXAMINE WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF POLICE CORRUPTION AND FOR ITS DIFFERENT DEGREES OF ORGANIZATION IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
Abstract
SEVERAL RESEARCH PAPERS ALSO ANALYZE WHAT HAVE BEEN, AND WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR, THE CHANGES OVER TIME OF THE EXTENT, ORGANIZATION, AND SOURCES OF POLICE CORRUPTION. COMPARATIVE VIEWS OF CORRUPTION, BOTH IN HISTORY (NEW YORK AND EUROPE) AND IN MODERN TIMES (INDIA AND ENGLAND), ARE FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF POLICE CORRUPTION. AN INTERACTIONIST VIEW OF CORRUPTION IS PRESENTED IN TWO PAPERS DEALING WITH WHAT POLICE CORRUPTION LOOKS LIKE TO THE PEOPLE WHO DO IT. SELECTIONS ON THE WORKINGS OF LEGAL INSTITUTIONS IN CORRUPTION CONTROL - THE POLICEMAN'S POLICE - PREFACE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCING POLICE CORRUPTION. AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY DEVELOPS ATYPOLOGY OF POLICE CORRUPTION AND THE CONSTANT FACTORS THAT MAKE SOME POLICE CORRUPTION A UNIVERSAL PHENOMENON. A EIGHT-PAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND AN INDEX ARE PROVIDED.