Chapter 7 Quiz Police Corruption and Responses

Pollock, ETHICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Types of misconduct

• Profit-motivated crimes

• Off duty crimes against persons

• Off-duty public order crimes

• Drugs

• On-duty abuse

• Obstruction of justice

• Administrative/failure to

• Conduct related probationary failures

What is corruption?

Acting on opportunities, created by ones authority, for personal gain at the expense of the public one is authorized to serve.

Baksheesh

Euphemism for graft, endemic in many countries where officials expect it before doing the job they are supposed to do.

Types of Economic Corruption

Kickbacks

overtime schemes

misuse of dept. property

payoffs

ticket fixing

bribery/extortion

theft

Gratuities

Items of value given because of role or position, rather than personal relationship

Common forms of police gratuities

• free coffee

• discounted or free meals

• half price dry cleaning

(Gifts are personal with no strings attached)

Graft

Refers to any exploitation of ones role (accepting bribes or protection money)

Types of abuse of authority

1. Physical abuse

2. Psychological Abuse

3. Legal Abuse

Physical Abuse

Excessive force, physical harassment, and retaliatory brutality

Psychological Abuse

Disrespect, harassment, ridicule, excessive stops, intimidation, and deception in interrogations

Legal Abuse

Unlawful searches and seizures, manufacturing evidence, perjury, planting evidence, and hiding exculpatory evidence.

Ticket Fixing

Dismissing pending/issued tickets for other police officers

Types of Deviance

Individual

organizational

societal

Individual deviance

Rotten - apple argument: the officer is deviant, and it was a mistake to hire that individual

Integrity testing

• very controversial

• not taken well by most officers

Internal Affairs Model

Civil service and arbitration, citizens may be discouraged from reporting misconduct of police to other police specially if the process is complicated or intimidating.

consent decree

agreement