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The complexities of police corruption : gender, identity, and misconduct / Marilyn Corsianos.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, ©2012Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442206380
  • 1442206381
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The complexities of police corruptionDDC classification:
  • 364.1/323 364.1323
LOC classification:
  • HV7936.C85
Online resources:
Contents:
Police corruption : from the introduction of formal policing systems to today -- Interrogating police corruption and the organization as enabler -- The role of the masculinist police culture in corruption -- Critical dilemmas in police behavior -- Media constructions of police corruption -- Increasing police accountability through community policing -- Concluding remarks.
Summary: The Complexities of Police Corruption provides a comprehensive examination of the role of gender as it relates to police corruption, crime control, and policing as an institution. The book examines different forms of corruption, police culture towards misconduct, corruption risks, and why significantly fewer women are involved in police abuses.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Police corruption : from the introduction of formal policing systems to today -- Interrogating police corruption and the organization as enabler -- The role of the masculinist police culture in corruption -- Critical dilemmas in police behavior -- Media constructions of police corruption -- Increasing police accountability through community policing -- Concluding remarks.

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The Complexities of Police Corruption provides a comprehensive examination of the role of gender as it relates to police corruption, crime control, and policing as an institution. The book examines different forms of corruption, police culture towards misconduct, corruption risks, and why significantly fewer women are involved in police abuses.

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