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Police Misconduct A Reader for the 21st Century

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ISBN-10: 0130256048

ISBN-13: 9780130256041

Edition: 2001

Authors: Michael J. Palmiotto

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For special topics courses in policing. This text examines a major twenty-first century issue: police misconductas it pertains to police management, operations, personnel, and the reputation and character of a police department within the community it serves. It considers the ramifications of inappropriate police behavior, and its far-reaching effects upon the individual police officer, the community, and the nation.
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Book details

List price: $132.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 11/2/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 485
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Preface
About the Editor
Introduction to Police Misconduct
Legal Authority of Police
Police as Symbols of Government and Justice
Police Misconduct: What is it?
Should We Tell the Police to Say "Yes" to Gratuities?
Police Misconduct and Minority Citizens: Exploring Key Issues
Crimes Committed by Police Officers
Parameters of Police Misconduct
Police Perceptions and the Norming of Institutional Corruption
Police Corruption and Criminal Monopoly: Victimless Crimes
Historical Perspective of Police Corruption in New York City
Drug Related Police Corruption: The Miami Experience
To Serve and Pursue: Exploring Police Sexual Violence Against Women
Crimes Committed by Police Officers
Physical Abuse by Police Officers
The Police Officer's Ethical Use of Force
Accidents, Icons, and Indexing: The Dynamics of News Coverage of Police Use of Force
How Police Justify the Use of Deadly Force
The Abner Louima Case: Idiosyncratic Personal Crime or Symptomatic Police Brutality?
Criminal Law--The Right to Run: Deadly Force and the Fleeing Felon. Tennessee v. Gardner, 105 S. Ct. 1694 (1985)
Factors Related to Killings of Felons by Police Officers: A Test of the Community Violence and Conflict Hypotheses
Technological Innovation and the Development of Less-Than-Lethal Force Options
Police Pursuits and the Use of Force: Recognizing and Managing "The Pucker Factor"--A Research Note
The Most Deadly Force: Police Pursuits
The Other Deadly Force: An Analysis of One State's High-Speed Pursuit Guidelines
Police Accountability
Morality in Law Enforcement: Chasing "Bad Guys" with the Los Angeles Police Department
Can Police Recruiting Control Police Misconduct?
Law Enforcement: Policing the Defective Centurion--Decertification and Beyond
What's Wrong with Complaint Investigations? Dealing with Difference Differently in Complaints Against Police
Internal Affairs: The Police Agencies' Approach to the Investigation of Police Misconduct
Civilian Oversight of Police Behavior
An Analysis of Section 1983 Litigation Dealing with Police Misconduct
Police Civil Liability: An Analysis of Section 1983 Actions in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Preventing Excessive Force Litigation
Police Abuse: Can the Violence be Contained?
Index