1. Ethics and Character in Policing
... community, and not in the individual officer or the police department (Banks, 2009). Conversely, explanations for police misconduct focus on three factors: individual police officer, on the institutional culture of policing, and on society in general. In the individual approach, corruption is explained as a consequence character faults, and the principal motive is the pursuit of personal gain ... conduct of one officer and his/her subunit. The organizational and occupational approaches towards police misconduct stems from the leadership within the respective police department, recruitmen...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate