Copping Out
eBook - PDF

Copping Out

The Consequences of Police Corruption and Misconduct

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Copping Out

The Consequences of Police Corruption and Misconduct

About this book

A Chicago journalist reveals how pervasive police misconduct, brutality, and corruption are changing the perspective of the criminal justice system and eroding the morals of the American people. In this shocking yet fascinating volume, an award-winning Chicago journalist goes behind the headlines to provide a far-reaching analysis of brutality, vice, and corruption among men and women who have sworn to serve and protect. This timely book draws on actual cases to examine the widespread phenomenon of corruption inside law enforcement agencies. It looks at the effort of criminal elements and gangs to infiltrate police departments and the criminal justice system, and it discusses how vigilante justice is encouraged by claims of police misconduct. Of particular importance to readers, the book also exposes the trickle-down effect of police corruption as it affects American values and society as a whole. But the news is not all bad. Police departments across the nation are fighting back against abuse of power, and the author sheds light on the escalating battle they are waging against rogue police officers involved in criminal activity. Through Stanford's investigative work and firsthand interviews with leading law enforcement professionals, readers will be privy to the backstory of the struggle of police commands to insulate their departments against the criminality and corruption so prevalent today.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781440830891
eBook ISBN
9781440830907

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1 Copping Out: An Introduction
  10. 2 The History of Police Corruption
  11. 3 Power, Politics, and Racism
  12. 4 What Makes a Dirty Cop?
  13. 5 Mounting Excessive Force in Reaction to Political Pressure
  14. 6 Department of Justice Investigations
  15. 7 A Saga of Police Corruption
  16. 8 Technology and the Police
  17. 9 Building Confidence in the Criminal Justice System
  18. Index
  19. About the Author