Complexities of Police Corruption - Gender, Identity, and Misconduct

Informationen zum Autor Marilyn Corsianos is professor of criminology and sociology at Eastern Michigan University. She is the author of Policing and Gendered Justice, which was named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, and the coeditor of Interrogating Social Justice. She has written numerous articles on policing, power and social inequalities. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceChapter 1: Police Corruption: From the Introduction of Formal Policing Systems to TodayChapter 2: Interrogating Police Corruption and the Organization as EnablerChapter 3: The Role of the Masculinist Police Culture in CorruptionChapter 4: Critical Dilemmas in Police BehaviorChapter 5: Media Constructions of Police CorruptionChapter 6: Increasing Police Accountability through Community PolicingChapter 7: Concluding Remarks

Product details

• Authors: Corsianos, Marilyn Corsianos, Corsianos Marilyn
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2012
• EAN: 9781442206366
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0636-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Issues in Crime and Justice; Issues in Crime and Justice
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Police & security services, Social and ethical issues, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Corruption in society, Police and security services