PSYCHOLOGY OF POLICE CORRUPTION - SOCIALIZATION OF THE CORRUPT (FROM POLICE ROLES IN THE SEVENTIES PROFESSIONALIZATION IN AMERICAN, 1975 BY JACK KINTON SEE NCJ-31601)

• NCJ Number: 31608
• Author(s): C BAHN
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: Social Science and Sociological Resources
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT POLICE TRAINING STRESSES AND ENCOURAGES VERBAL RATHER THAN BEHAVIORAL MORALITY AND THAT THE OFFICER IS SOCIALIZED INTO A ROLE WHICH INVOLVES TACIT ACCEPTANCE OF CORRUPTION.

Abstract

THE ACCEPTABILITY AMONG OFFICERS OF SMALL FAVORS AND GIFTS, ALTHOUGH NONE ARE CONSIDERED BRIBES, MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE CRITERIA. MERCHANTS AND OTHERS MAY COME TO PERCEIVE SUCH GIFTS AS EXPECTED OF THEM, AND OFFICERS MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE THE LAW IN INSTANCES OF MINOR INFRACTIONS.