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Police Crime and Corruption, 2007.
An examination of police crime and corruption and the motivation behind these crimes.
1,444 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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The paper examines how most researchers suggest police crime is a result of the increasing influence of a market society and the privatization of law enforcement practices. The paper explores how police officers are tasked with the delicate role of balancing their law enforcement efforts without breaking the law, despite huge temptation. The paper discusses the personalities of corrupt policemen, and how their actions affect citizens. The paper demonstrates how crime and corruption are carried out, and the motives behind these crimes.
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"Part of the blame according to some is local law enforcement and state enforcement agencies sensationalizing crimes and "manufacturing" crime waves, including manufacturing the severity of particular crimes to scare up public interest, like gang related crimes or car jackings (Chambliss, 2001; 1988; Williams & Dickinson, 1993). Police agency distortion of crime at the local and state level is one example of corruption equally serious to actual corruption, because it breeds fear and suspicion and contributes to problems including overcrowding, anger and hostility (Chambliss, 2001; 1988). Police are working more to promote fear than a sense of security among residents especially in at risk neighborhoods, where white community's are often provided the perception that minority individuals present a danger to society (Williams & Dickinson, 1993)."
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Police Corruption, 2006.
A discussion of police corruption, it's causes and how to fight it.
1,273 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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The paper examines police corruption, the abuse of police authority for personal gain or advantage. The paper describes police corruption as criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and police violence, accepting bribes and overlooking crimes when they involve family or friends. The paper further examines how police corruption may also involve depriving citizens of their legal rights. These actions include discriminating against minorities, unlawful searches, sexual assault, and deliberate fabrication of evidence. The paper discusses case studies of investigations into police corruption, and concludes that the fight against corruption is likely to be a long one as police corruption is prevalent in today's society.
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"Police corruption is often seen as a victimless crime because the victim is a neighborhood rather than an individual. In many cases, most of the attention goes to the officers who are guilty of corruption, rather than the psychological and social effects police corruption has on the victims and their communities."
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Police Corruption, 2004.
A discussion of the continuing problem of corruption in the police force.
1,686 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper examines the issues concerning police corruption, usually viewed as the misuse of authority by a police officer acting officially to fulfill personal needs or wants. It looks at how the police these days are committing illegal acts that range from drugs to stealing money and how the majority of the police corruption is external corruption, which involves the public. It shows how the police agency should be the main source of controlling its own corruption problem and how it also requires some support and assistance from the local community.
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"Some people in smaller cities think that corruption is gradually decreasing, but they do not see where the majority of the corruption is happening: big cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., etc. For instance, New York has had more than half a dozen major scandals concerning its police department over the past few decades. It was the Knapp Commission in 1972 that first brought attention to the NYPD when they released the results of over 2 years of investigations of alleged corruption. The findings were that bribery, especially among narcotics officers, was extremely high. As a result many officers were prosecuted and many more lost their jobs."
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Police Corruption, 2001.
This paper is an analysis of the development of police corruption from World War I until today.
1,505 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper gives a factual account of the development of police corruption to the peak it is at today. It speaks of the social contract by which police are to abide, remaining small and dedicated to preserving the safety and law of the land. However, explains the author, as time went on the police force came to be increasingly relied on as an instrument of political and racial power. Recently, police brutality is especially directed to certain American racial and political minorities. This paper concludes that riots and outbursts against police brutality from the minorities will continue until the government puts an end to police corruption.
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"America?s founding fathers were militant revolutionaries. This nation was built upon social contract theory, the idea that the government exists by the will of the people and that they are obligated to obey only so long as that government operates in a moral fashion and in the best interests of its subjects. For many years the police forces of this nation followed the spirit of a social contract, remaining small and dedicated to preserving the safety and law of the land. However, as time went on the police force came to be increasingly relied on as an instrument of political and racial power. World War I saw the beginning of the police as an anti-protest and anti-civil rights weapon. Their roles in putting down political and racial protest came to maturity during the 1960s, as they turned their fire against war protests and race riots. In recent years, the blatant racist and political nature of police power has hidden behind a shield of anti-terrorist and anti-drug action. The ACLU writes that, ?From the outset, the war on drugs has in fact been a war on people and their constitutional rights, with African Americans, Latinos and other minorities bearing the brunt of the damage.? Racial profiling and police brutality daily threaten the lives of American racial and political minorities, while the government turns a blind eye. ?The see-no-evil policy of the feds toward police violence comes at a time when the number of police abuse complaints has soared nationally. The Department gets about 15, 000 complaints yearly.? "
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Police Corruption, 2006.
An examination of corruption in the police department.
964 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 34.95
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This paper explores the several theories of police corruption. It explains that the integrity of the criminal justice system is built on a foundation of faith and that public trust is paramount, and corruption by one or two "bad apples" is nearly as destructive to the system as pervasive corruption. The paper discusses the measures that can be taken to restore and preserve the public trust in the police department, and the system at large. The paper concludes that the reliance upon the rule of law to keep society functioning requires the guardians of the system to be of the highest integrity and corruption among those sworn to protect the public diminish the system.
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"Thus, the "rotten-apple" theory is comforting, there are only a few corrupt individuals spoiling it for all of those that are good and honest. Fortunately, this comfortable construct is reality, public opinion polls support the notion that police officers are persons of integrity, and can be depended upon to protect the citizenry from the criminal element. When the public is made aware of corruption in the police department through the media, the stories often revolve around one or two officers, or a small group of officers. Rarely do the stories relate to a systemic problem of widespread corruption. However, with each of these incidents a need for reform is put forward with a degree of urgency more compatible with a department run like an organized crime syndicate rather than measures need to be taken to prevent a few more apples from rotting."
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Drug Related Police Corruption, 2002.
How police corruption related to drugs is a common phenomenon.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper examines drug related police corruption and efforts to prevent it. It focuses on the benefits of community policing in preventing and detecting drug related police corruption.
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Police Corruption in Society, 2002.
A look at how police corruption impacts society.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper examines and analyzes the history and effects of police corruption in American society. Past and present examples of police corruption are included from many large American cities, and current trends are discussed.
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Police Corruption, 1994.
This paper discusses police corruption: Special standards and difficulties for the police, street cops, favors, abuse of law and power and scandal.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 10 sources, $ 63.95
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"Human nature being imperfect, corruption will exist in all human endeavors, including the law enforcement branch of government activity. Two elements of ambiguity exacerbate the difficulty of dealing with corruption in law enforcement: the ill-defined role given the police to play in a democratic society, and the contradictory nature of the laws enacted by the citizenry (which includes the public's mixed attitudes toward the law and law enforcement).
This ambiguity can be clarified by examining corruption in law enforcement in terms of levels of culpability. At the introductory, "street cop" level, basic exchanges of extra-legal amenities (free meals, discounts) between public and police straddle grey areas between corruption and common sense."
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Police Corruption, 1989.
A focus on police corruption and issues such as drug abuse, trafficking, bribery, abuse of power and illegal agreements with criminals. Including case examples
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 12 sources, $ 127.95
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" The purpose of this paper is to discuss the topic of police corruption. It will consider the nature of police corruption and the extent of the problem as well as the various possible causes for it. It will additionally provide case examples regarding police corruption that have appeared in news articles in recent years. Finally, the paper will consider suggestions for possible remedies to the problem of police corruption.
Police corruption has been defined as the "misuse of authority by a police officer in a manner designed to produce personal gain for the officer or for others" (Carter and Stephens 6). Corruption in this sense can take on a variety of forms. For example, an unscrupulous officer may indulge in corrupt practices for the purpose of financial gain. In another instance, an officer may engage in corruption in order to cover..."
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Police Corruption and Accountability, 2005.
An analysis of police conduct and accountability, with a focus on the Australian police force.
1,540 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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Police conduct and accountability continue to remain important ongoing issues for the reason that, regardless of how many commissions there may be to overlook conduct within the force, there will always be "rotten apples" that carry on conducting themselves in unaccepted and unethical ways. This paper discusses police conduct and accountability issues, with a focus on analyzing strategies designed to maximize ethical conduct and prevent corruption. The paper discusses everything from what types of corruption police are involved in, and how the organization can design strategies to prevent any further deviance from the force.
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"Brutality is any type of excessive force or unjustified violence that takes place by an officer doing their work (Prenzler and Ransley: 2002). Not only does brutality include physical abuse, verbal abuse and threat making are also included under the heading of brutality. Normally it is a police officer's job to use a "reasonable" and "proportionate" amount of force when making arrests or stopping violent protests; it is when the violence or abuse becomes excessive does there become a problem, and ultimately a betrayal of trust against the community and the police force."
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Police Corruption, 2002.
Examines causes and effects.
3,825 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 20 sources, $ 135.95
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Examines causes and effects. Theorizes that police should be held to a high standard of honesty and public care. Theoretical analysis of causes. Analysis of police corruption in two major cities: New York City and Los Angeles. Police deviance. NYPD corruption and local government response. Drug law enforcement as key element of LAPD corruption.
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"Police Corruption: Causes and Effects
Introduction and Statement of Purpose
Edwin J. Delattre (1996, p. 68), a scholar in the field of criminal justice who has extensively studied issues related to the causes and effects of police corruption, has argued that argued that "those who serve the public must be held to a higher standard of honesty and care for the public good than the general citizenry." This view speaks to the necessity, in any society and particularly within a democratic society, of ensuring that the guardians of law and order are themselves fully compliant with the laws they are responsible for upholding. While few would disagree with this perception of the trust vested in the police departments of the United States and the corresponding expectations of ethical and moral conduct held ..."
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Stress in Relationship to Police Corruption, 2006.
This paper looks at how stress affects policemen and how it can lead to policemen becoming corrupt.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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In this article, the writer examines how stress affects policemen. Further, the writer discusses how such stress can lead to corruption among police members. The writer also discusses that the police, narcotic officers, sheriffs, and other types of law enforcement often struggle in making decisions that determine life and death.
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"In the movie Rush, the female undercover narcotics agent sits curled up in a corner so strung out on heroin, she can't tell what's real or hallucination". What causes a good narcotic agent or policeman to become a corrupt one? What relationship does stress have in regards to police corruption? These questions are important in determining what types of help or services need to be offered to policemen so that they do not become corrupt ones."
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NYCity Police Dept Corruption, 1994.
An analysis of the Mollen Commission's 1992-1994 investigation of bribery, brutality, drugs and cover-ups.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 12 sources, $ 47.95
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"New York City Police Department: Corruption Policy Analysis
Introduction
This research examines the policy and policy application of the New York City Police Department in relation to corrupt practices by members of the Department. The focus of this research is on the investigations conducted by the Mollen Commission, with a more specific emphasis on the findings of those investigations, the conclusions drawn by the Commission, and the recommendations made by the Commission. Information from other sources related to the facts of the situation, and the conclusions and recommendations of others, however, are also reviewed. This other information is relevant and significant because not everyone agrees with the Mollen Commission's conclusions and..."
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Police Technology ? Police Safety, 2004.
A thesis paper on the effects that technology has had, or has not had, on the job of a police officer.
3,285 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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This paper attempts to address the question of whether or not the technological advances made in today's society have affected the police officer, and if they have, in what manner they have done so. The paper begins with an historical look at police officer safety and then delves into the greater focus of the paper regarding the effects, both negative and positive, of technology on police safety, as well as the evolution and development of technology used for police work.
Outline
Historical Facts of Police Officer Safety
The Creation of 911
The Community Policing Era:1970
The Role of the National Institute for Justice
in the Development of Law Enforcement Technology
New and Emerging Developments in Technology
Statistical Data
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"The police officer?s job is one that is demanding as well as dangerous. From the routine traffic stop to the pursuit of someone armed and dangerous, the police officer depends on the technology and equipment that are the tools of his trade. The advancement of technology in the twentieth century was one of rapid acceleration and has proven to be effective both in the control as well as the perpetration of crime. The technology provided to the police officer is being at all times defended by offensive creations and implementations by the criminal element in society."
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Illegal Gambling and Government Corruption, 2006.
A discussion on how illegal gambling and police corruption have been integral parts of organized crime since its inception in America.
2,372 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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The paper analyzes how all of the major organized crime syndicates have played a role in illegal gambling throughout the years, and how organized crime has always had some type of influence on police and government officials. The paper discusses how, from cities as far apart as Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA, and Honolulu, HI, and spanning time periods prior to the turn of the 19th century until modern times, investigations of illegal gambling rings have yielded shameful and surprising information about police involvement in organized crime. The paper further examines how society has a decline in confidence in police morality, especially since officials in the police departments have distanced themselves from scandals by claiming to have been unaware of any brewing issues. The paper concludes that the result of such action is that citizens believe that the government is unable or unwilling to properly supervise the very people placed in charge of maintaining law and order.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Honolulu, HI
Los Angeles, CA
Chicago, IL
Types of Corruption
Gambling's Correlation with Police Corruption
Conclusion
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"The Honolulu gambling scandal came to light because of a federal lawsuit in which Detective Kenneth Kamakana made allegations that some of his fellow officers were involved in organized crime. Detective Kamakana was eventually removed from the CIU, which he claimed was a result of him providing secret tapes and documents to the FBI. Those tapes included a recording of CIU detectives, Alexander Ahlo and Milton Olmos, interviewing an indicted defendant, Marirose Tangi, while drinking at a bar. Ahlo conducted the interview in violation of advice given to the Honolulu Police Department by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney, both of which believed that interrogating a suspect without counsel could jeopardize the investigation. Ahlo claimed that the interview was regarding unrelated criminal matters, but the tape indicted that Ahlo and Tangi discussed the case."
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