My paper for Criminology and Police in Society will be on the way that police
are actually criminals in their own way.
Outline:
I. Introduction of how police are criminals
II. The History of police criminals
III. Why it is a problem
IV. The affects it has on police forces
V. The future of police corruption
In a police force there are many problems going on such as
police actually being criminals in there own sense. During this paper it will
show how they are criminals, the history of police criminals, the problems and
affect it causes in a police force, and how the future will turn out.
LITERATURE REVIEW
McGee, Art. (1999, September 20). History of Police Corruption
in the United States.
Retrieved October 3, 2003, from the World Wide Web: http://www.ainfos.ca/99/sep/ainfos00162.html
I feel that the finding out about the history will explain from when police
corruption started within the Untied States. The article explains what major
states have a problem with police corruption and how long it has been going on.
The web article is a pretty good source.
Barker, Thomas, & Roebuck, Julian B. (1973). An Empirical Typology of Police
Corruption: A Study in Organizational Deviance. Springfield, Ill.: C.C. I feel
that this book explain the effects it has on police and why police corruption is
a problem. It covers most of my topic that I am going to explain in my paper. It
may be a little out dated but it gives the general gist of police corruption.
Barker, Thomas, & Carter, David L. (1994). Police Deviance. Cincinnati, Ohio:
Anderson Pub. Co.
This book gives me indexes of police corruption. It covers more up to date
material from the same author as the other book. I feel that it will help it
researching the background and understanding of police corruption.
Rogow, Arnold A. (1963). Power, Corruption, and Rectitude. Englewood Cliffs,
N.J.:
Prentice-Hall.
This book gives me the background of police and corruption. It also gives
details about the power police have. The book also gives some bibliographical
background that will help in the research.
Teoma. Politics: Analysis of Police Corruption. Retrieved October 3, 2003, from
the
World Wide Web: http://www.cyberessays.com/Politics/141.htm
This web article explains the analysis of police corruption. It gives details on
the methodology of police corruption with in police departments. It is a great
site in understanding why police officers are corrupt.
Freedberg, Sydney P. (March 4, 2001) Good cop, bad cop. Retrieved October 3,
2003,
from the World Wide Web: http://www.truthinjustice.org/good-cop.htm
This web article tells a story of two cops gone bad. The story of what they did
and what happened. I feel that it will help to give me an idea of a certain
story.
Gaines, L. & Kappeler, V.(2003) Policing in America. (4th ed.) Cincinnati:
Anderson
Publishing Company. ISBN 1-58360-539-8
My text book from Police in society tells about the police corruption in some
details. The book is a pretty good source.
Brown, S., Esbensen, F. & Geis, G. (2001) Criminology: Explaining Crime and
Context
(4e) Cincinnati: Anderson. ISBN 1-58360-522-3 with study guide. My text book
from Criminology will give me that criminology aspects and background of police
corruption.
Cohen, Randy. Cheating Cops. New York Times Magazine; 8/24/2003, Vol. 152 Issue
52585, p18.
The article discusses ethical issues. It tells about mugging arrest which was
made under false pretense, ethical dilemma involving overheard police
instructions regarding the arrest, maintaining the integrity of the criminal
justice system, and snooping through landlord's papers. The article gives great
background information.
Walker, Ph.D., Samuel, Alpert Ph.D., Geoffrey P., Dennis
J. Kenney, Ph.D.,. EarlyWarning Systems: Responding to the Problem Police
Officer National Institute
of Justice. National Institute of Justice, July 2001 July 2001 NIJ Retrieved on
the World Wide Web:http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij
This article tells about police discipline and misconduct, and police planning
management. I think it is an interesting site explaining about misconduct and
the after affects.
METHODOLOGY SECTION
(Student emailed 17 pages of tables and graphs that would not
cut and paste)
On 11/25/03 student turned in this section on disk
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
I feel that I have been able to find plenty
of information on how police corruption is defined, and some one how it is
preformed on the police force. I feel that I could have found more on the types
of cases and gone into more extent of where the cases where and if there is a
pattern in certain areas of the U.S. In conclusion I think that police
corruption is something that needs to be looked at closer and more understood
why police feel the need to do it.