EAN: 9783030968434

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN CRIMINOLOGY POLICE CODE OF ...

This book explores the contours of the code of silence and provides policy recommendations
geared toward creating an environment less conducive for police misconduct. It responds to the
recent calls for police reform  in the wake of the perceived illegitimacy of police actions and
the protection that the code of silence seems to provide to the police officers who violate the
official rules. Using a case study of a medium-sized U.S. police agency  this book employs the
lens of police integrity theory to provide empirically grounded explanations of the code of
silence. It examines the potential effects of organizational factors and the attitudes of
individual police officers on their willingness to adhere to the code of silence in cases of
police corruption  the use of excessive force  interpersonal deviance  and organizational
deviance. The book focuses on the following factors that could influence the police code of
silence in the times of change: The impact of organizational rule dissemination  discipline 
and disciplinary fairness on the scope of the code of silence The role organizational justice
plays in shaping police officer willingness to report misconduct The effect that police
officers' self-legitimacy has on their decisions to adhere to the code The influence of peer
culture on individual police officer amenability to maintain the code The relationship between
officers' views of themselves  the organization  and the community on their willingness to
report misconduct

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