The complexities of police corruption : gender, identity, and misconduct

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.

Record details

ISBN: 1442206381
ISBN: 1442206381
ISBN: 9781442206380
ISBN: 1442206365
ISBN: 9781442206366
ISBN: 9781442206380
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages).
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Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, ©2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.