Police Corruption and Misconduct from a Police Officer Perspective:from Identification to Discipline and Prevention

Police officers possess differing opinions about forms of police misconduct and the best ways to discipline police officers who are corrupt. Some law enforcement officials believe that with the large amounts of discretionary power they are given, they are above the law. Through a secondary analysis of Carl Klockars police corruption dataset, results were presented to answer several hypotheses on police corruption, including how officers view it, and what the proper discipline should be for various corrupt practices. Contributions from this thesis will best be utilized to police departments who seek to improve the quality of their officers and other secondary personnel. Only through an understanding of the issues involved in police corruption can effective strategies be developed for the future success of law enforcement.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Criminal Justice and Consumer Sciences

Grantor dc:publisher

Youngstown State University

Year dc:date

2012

Author dc:creator

• Uber, Stephanie M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cutter, Susan

• Criminology
• Behavioral Sciences
• Law
• Legal Studies
• police corruption
• police misconduct
• police corruption identification
• police corruption prevention

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1364823916

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:ysu1364823916