Police Misconduct - Research Proposal

Paper Summary:

This paper proposes a research study on the topic of police misconduct. The paper hypothesizes that socio-cultural issues, both within the police force jurisdiction as well as in the public community are often the 'root' cause of increased incidents and allegations of police misconduct. It also suggests that police misconduct is more likely to occur where a culture of violence exists in the community the police officers serve.

Table of Contents:
Objective
Problem Statement
Background of Study
Hypotheses
Research Design
Dependent Variables
Independent Variables
Data Analysis and Collection
Sampling
Ethical Issues
Literature Review
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The work entitled: "Coping with Police Misconduct in West Virginia: Citizen involvement in Officer Disciplinary Procedures: A Review of Existing Law, Legislative Initiatives and Disciplinary Models" published by the West Virginia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (2004) states that incidents of police misconduct continue unabated in West Virginia prompting advocates to call for improvements in existing procedures for handling citizen complaints against officers. This report does however remind the researcher that: "In order to minimize harm to others and to themselves, law enforcement officers must exercise critical and quick judgment, often when the circumstances are volatile and potentially deadly.""

Sample of Sources Used:

• Coping with Police Misconduct in West Virginia: Citizen Involvement with Officer Disciplinary Procedures: A Review of Existing Law, Legislative Initiatives and Disciplinary Models. West Virginia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (2004)
• Seron, Carroll (2004) Judging Police Misconduct: Street-Level versus Professional Policing. Law and Society Review 2004 December. Online available at: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3757/is_200412/ai_n9471549/print
• Kane, Robert J. (2004) The Social Ecology of Police Misconduct. Nov 2003 Criminology Vol. 40 Issue 4. Online available at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1745-9125.2002.tb00976.x
• Giles, Howard; and Dailey, Rene (2003) Communicating Police Misconduct: Alleged, Variably Reported, and/or Real? Institute for Social Behavioral and Economic Research 2003 Online available at: http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=isber/coppac
• Greene, Judith A. (2002) Zero Tolerance: A Case Study of Police Policies and Practices in New York City. 1999 Crime & Delinquency Vol. 34 No. 2. Sage Publications.

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