cjs

best defined as misconduct by police in the forms of illegal activities
for economic gain and accepting gratuities, favors, or payment for services
that police are sworn to carry out as part of their peacekeeping role

attracting police will make
establishment safer

Many departments have est. _____________ policy

Police can receive fees for referring arrested
suspects to bail bond agents, or defense attorneys, putting victims in contact
with certain doctors, etc…

–typically involve jewelry and other goods take
from the scene of a burglary or from a suspect; narcotics confiscated from drug
users and dealers; merchandise found at a fire scene, etc…

Refers to the involvement of police in predatory
criminal activities, either directing or through complicity with criminals

A form of extortion in which police officers accept money from citizens
in lieu of enforcing the law
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was a term for a bed commonly found in a whore
house – involved a scheme of stealing a Johns money

Appears at al levels of the criminal justice process and involves not
just officers but bailiffs, court personnel, members of juries, prosecutors and
judges
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most common situation involves bribing an
officer in exchange for not being arrested
Simply knowing the right person can be enough to
get a case thrown out

providing more police protection or presence
than is required by standard operating procedures

meaning police officer
Latin “capere” meaning to “seize or snatch” or the Gypsy “kap” and “cop”
both meaning “to take”
“to cop” meant to snatch, grab, or arrest – thus “to cop a feel”

the use of one’s official position to influence decision making

granting of promotions and transfers for a fee – pay off to falsify
attendance records, influence vacation days

1) society at large
2) by influences within police departments
3) by a predisposition toward corruption in some
individuals (“rotten apples”)

Corruption begins with apparently harmless and
well-intentioned practices and eventually leads in individual officers or in
depts. As a whole, to all manner of crimes for profit

Slippery-slope hypothesis

Officers are exposed by nature to a steady diet of wrong doing and in time a cynical attitude is developed in which
corruption is viewed as a game in which everyone is out to get a share

otherwise honest dept., there are a few bad
officers operating in their own world – but this corruption spreads to others

Used as an excuse by police chiefs

form of brutality,unwarranted deadly force, and other mistreatment of citizens

located in older cities with high concentration of poor on minorities –
officers act primarily as reluctant maintainers of order – ignore minor
offenses/problems – act tough in serious situations

leads to organized corruption, discriminatory arrest and unnecessary
police violence

What are the 3 add. issues contributing towards police violence?

often intense verbal coercion is used, when that
fails, the police will gladly bust skulls!

certain citizens (prostitutes,junkies, drunk frat guys) offer little to society – many officers do not think
such people are worth protecting or they use different means of protection

Officers and their superiors tend to defend the
use of violence as a means of rapid problem resolution

________ ________ as a last resort to apprehend a fleeing felon

______ ______ involves willful and wrongful use of force by
officers who knowingly exceed the bounds of their office

when well-meaning officers are unable to deal with the situations they
encounter

what case has virtually every police dept., in the US has reexamined
its policies on the use of deadly force

Have specific impact on and they might being by decriminalizing victimless crimes (AMEN!) like
alcohol consumption, drugs (weed), prostitution, gambling, where police
corruption most likely occurs

Influence on police behavior is most evident in small communities –
closer contact

1. restrain officers who engage in abusive and
illegal practices
2. thorough and unbiased investigation and protect officers from acusations
3. offer minorities an avenue of redress, which would help restore their
confidence in police
4. explain procedures to citizens, review enforcement requirements with
police

police misconduct from within police departments
1. Preventative 2. punitive

changes in the structure and philosophy of the police dept

holds members of law enforcement responsible for their own actions as well as others

which involves direct surveillance of officers and other staff by field commanders and daily work
logs

_____________ getting rid of procedures that inadvertently encourages corruption
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_________ area of policing known as internal affairs or internal policing – the
domain of “headhunters” and “shoo-fly” cops who investigate complaints against
police personnel or other actions involving police misconduct

brutality and corruption are symptoms of incompetent policing

_______ _________ excercising powers and using discretion according to the highest
standards of competence, fairness, and honesty

rules differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction because of the decentralization of
police departments – create policies and make officers fully aware of them and
communicate the agency’s rationale for them

§ 1) Organizational rulemaking

§ 2) Detecting, investigating and
disciplining rule violations

§ 3) Circumscribing “the code”

Policing against reporting the misconduct of other officers