Enhancing Police Integrity

by Carl B. Klockars, Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich, M.R. Haberfeld

Overview

How can we enhance police integrity? After surveying more than 3,000 police officers on how they would respond, the authors went on to study three police agencies which scored highly. The authors conclude that effective administration focuses on organizational rulemaking; detecting, investigating and disciplining rule violations; circumscribing the "code of silence" that prohibits police from reporting the misconduct of their colleagues; and understanding the influence of public expectations and agency history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387369549
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	11/29/2006
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

The Idea of Police Integrity.- Measuring Police Integrity.- Profiles of Integrity.- The Charleston, South Carolina, Police Department.- The Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Police Department.- The St. Petersburg, Florida, Police Department.- The Second Survey.- Recruitment, Selection, and Training.- Processing Citizen Complaints.- Meting out the Discipline.- Circumscribing the Code of Silence.- Enhancing Police Integrity.