Chapter Eight Flashcards

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What is Ethics?

A

The study of what constitutes good or bad conduct

Important that police officers study it:
-Must use a lot of discretion
-Must protect the Constitution
-Are public servants

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The dilemma of Law versus order

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-Police corruption and brutality have always been part of policing
-Police must comply with the same laws they are paid to enforce
-Officers have to weigh many variables
-No such thing as minor unethical behavior

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Review of police: Knapp Commission

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investigated police corruption in NY and found it in:
- Gambling, narcotics, prostitution, construction, bars, Sabbath law, parking, traffic

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Judicial Review:

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process by which actions of police are reviewed by courts.

Mapp v. Ohio
Miranda v. Arizona

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Police corruption

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Acts involving misuse of authority by officers for personal gain

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Corruption books and films

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-Serpico
-Prince of the City
-L.A confidential
-Dark blue

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Examples of police corruption

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80s, 90s: large-scale cases around the country

2000: LAPD Rampart scandal involved 70 officers

2003: three Miami officers convicted of conspiracy

2005: New Orleans police allegations following Hurricane Katrina

2009: Bernard Kerik, former NYC police commissioner, indicted for making false statements

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Reasons for police corruption

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-Individual officer explanations
-Social structural explanations
-Neighborhood explanations
-Nature of police work
-Police organization
-Police subculture

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What are the two types of corrupt police officers?

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-Grass-eaters: passive and accept what is offered to them

-Meat-eaters: more aggressive and search out opportunities to exploit for financial gain

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What are the four types of police corruption?

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-Taking gratuities
-Taking bribes
-Theft or burglary
-Internal corruption

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What are the three levels of police corruption?

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-Rotten apples and rotten pockets
-Pervasive, unorganized corruption
-Pervasive, organized corruption

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What is noble cause corruption?

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Situations where police officers bend rules to attain “right” result

More significant problem than economic corruption

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EFFECTS of police corruption

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Misconduct committed by an officer affects:
-Officer
-Department officer works for
-Community officer serves
-All police departments and officers in America

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Other police misconduct:

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-Drug-related corruption

-Sleeping on duty

-Police deception, including perjury when testifying in court

-Sex-related corruption

  • Domestic violence in police families
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Biased-based policing

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Racial profiling: any police-initiated activity that relies on race or ethnicity rather than behavior

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Racial profiling statistics

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72 percent of African American males between 18 and 34 believe they’ve been stopped by police because of their race

17
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Police brutality

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has existed as long as there have been organized police departments

2002: 26,556 complaints of excessive force reported
-Average of 1 incident per 200 full-time officers

Some brutality can be attributed to noble cause corruption

18
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Responses to police corruption

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-Investigations by internal affair divisions
-Discipline and termination
-Preventive administrative actions (screening and good policy manual)
-Citizen oversight: independent review of complaints

19
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Civil Liability

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Police officers may be sued in civil court

20
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Criminal liability

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officers can be charged with violations of state penal law

21
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Effects of lawsuits

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-Stimulate police reform
-Police fear frivolous lawsuits