Misconduct allegations and higher education in a southern sheriff’s department

Lersch, Kim Michelle; Kunzman, Linda L.

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“…Burt (1980) found that individuals with higher levels of educational attainment accepted fewer rape myths than individuals with lower levels of educational attainment. Studies have also shown that college-educated police officers are more attuned to social problems (Weiner 1976;Carter and Sapp 1990) and education has a positive effect on job performance (Sanderson 1978;Truxillo et al 1998;Wilson 1999;Lersch and Kunzman 2001). Given these findings, it was hypothesized that police officers with higher levels of education would accept fewer rape myths.…”

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Behind the Blue Line: Investigating Police Officers’ Attitudes Toward Rape

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2007

J Police Crim Psych

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The current study contributes to what is known about police officers" attitudes toward rape. A survey was administered to 891 sworn police officers in two states in the southeastern United States. The surveys were designed to assess police officers" acceptance of rape myths. It was hypothesized that police officers would be accepting of rape myths, which are inherently misogynistic. Attitudes toward rape were expected to vary according to educational attainment and experience with rape investigations, such that higher levels of education and more experience with rape investigations would lead to the rejection of rape myths. There was a significant difference in the acceptance of rape myths with varying levels of educational attainment and experience with rape investigations. ARTICLEMen in American society are socialized to espouse "macho" beliefs and behavior. Connell (1987Connell ( , 1995Connell ( , 2002 refers to this as "hegemonic masculinity," an idealized form of masculinity, emphasizing dominance, aggression, heterosexuality and a lack of emotion. Hegemonic masculinity promotes, but does not determine behavior that supports the traditional gender order. Rather, it shapes one"s sense of reality and is modified to fit different situations (Messerschmidt 2000). In other words, hegemonic masculinity acts as a script for how men should behave and/or think in various situations.In conjunction with being socialized as male or female in the larger society, there is also a socialization process that occurs in police culture. Holdaway (1983) discussed police culture as

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Section: Police Officers' Attitudes Toward Rapementioning

confidence: 99%

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2007

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“…Ayrıca vatandaşlar tarafından polise yönelik yapılan şikâyetlerde polisin eğitim seviyesine göre bir farklılaşmanın olup olmadığı (Kappeler vd., 1992;Lersch, Kunzman, 2001) sorusuna bugüne değin çeşitli bilimsel araştırmalarla cevap aranmıştır. Üniversite eğitimli ve daha az eğitimli polislerin iletişim becerilerini (Carter vd., 1989;Worden, 1990) ve polislik mesleğine bağlılıklarını (Cohen, Chaiken, 1973, Cascio, 1977 karşılaştırmalı bir yöntemle analiz eden araştırmalar da bulunmaktadır.…”

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Eğitim Düzeyi Suç İlişkisi: Türk Emniyet Teşkilatı Örneği

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Bu çalışmada iç güvenlik hizmeti sunan polis memurlarının sahip oldukları meslek öncesi ve hizmet içi eğitim düzeylerinin mesleki disiplin suçları işlemelerine olan etkisi araştırılmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini, Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğünde (EGM) 2005, 2006 ve 2007 yıllarında göreve başlayan ve hâlen görevine devam eden Polis Meslek Yüksek Okulu (PMYO) ve Polis Meslek Eğitim Merkezi (POMEM) kaynaklı memurlar arasından ayrı ayrı olmak üzere, basit rastgele örnekleme yöntemiyle yaklaşık %10 düzeyinde seçilmiş polis memurları oluşturmuştur. Araştırma sonucunda, polis memurlarının eğitim düzeyi arttıkça suç işleme eğilimlerinde önemli bir azalma meydana geldiği tespit edilmiştir.

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“…institutional characteristics, such as culture and norms) reasons. Studies that focuses on personal agency factors have examined the links between personality (Girodo, 1991;Muir, 1977;Toch, 1996), rank (Hickman, Piquero, & Piquero, 2004), career histories (Cohen & Chiaken, 1972, 1973, education (Kane & White, 2009;Lersch & Kunzman, 2001) and general forms of misconduct (Mollen, 1994) to explain why officers participate in corruption. Other researchers have focused their investigations around structural/institutional factors such as culture (Palmer, 2012;Punch, 2009), including the impact of the Brotherhood and code of silence (Kutnjak Ivkovic, 2002;Skolnick, 2002), and overall organisational structure of the police force (Wood, 1997) to explain why officers engage in corrupt behaviour.…”

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“…A review of the existing literature establishes that personal agency factors (such as individual characteristics) and structural factors (such as organisational characteristics) both influence an individual to engage in corruption (Haarr, 1997;Kane & White, 2009;Lersch & Kunzman, 2001;Reiss, 1971;Sherman, 1974;Wolfe & Piquero, 2011).…”

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“…Previous research investigating individual factors has examined the links between personality (Girodo, 1991;Muir, 1977;Toch, 1996), position or rank (Hickman et al, 2004), career histories (Cohen & Chiaken, 1972, 1973, education (Kane & White, 2009;Lersch & Kunzman, 2001) and general forms of misconduct (Mollen, 1994). For example, Lersch and Kunzman's (2001) study of a southern US sheriff's department found that police deputies who hold only a high school diploma accumulated significantly more complaints (specifically policy compliance complaints and administrative referrals)than police deputies with two-year college degrees.…”

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Dark networks : criminal collaboration in Australian police forces

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Police corruption networks, hidden within the police organisation, rely on a core set of relationships reinforced by an embedded police culture of exclusivity and silence. The opaque nature of these networks, coupled with the norms that support the hidden goals and agendas of corrupt police officers, provides a firm foundation for corruption to prosper and flourish.Previous research has demonstrated that police corruption cannot be explained by a few 'bad apples', instead prior studies show that corrupt police officers collaborate and collude together to operate effectively and remain hidden within the broader police organisation (Fitzgerald, 1989;Lauchs, Keast, & Chamberlain, 2012;Lauchs, Keast, & Le, 2011;Lauchs, Keast, & Yousefpour, 2011;Wood, 1997). Additionally, more recent studies have demonstrated that corrupt officers operate within a network structure (i.e., an established pattern of relationships and exchanges), which allows officers to gain access to new resources, capabilities, opportunities and connections not readily available if these officers engaged in corrupt behaviour in isolation Lauchs, Keast, & Yousefpour, 2011;Lauchs & Staines, 2012). As a consequence of this collaboration, secrecy, loyalty, trust and reputation are significant elements that bond officers together, allowing them to operate covertly. Accordingly, because of this gap in the literature, the current research aimed to investigate why police officers engage in corruption, the role of trust in facilitating and bonding officers together to allow them to participate in large-scale or serious corruption, and the network structures that result from these relationships.Given the intent of the study is to investigate the complexities and characteristics of police corruption, a single embedded case study design was chosen to present a unique and focused investigation around this phenomenon. Documentary and social network analysis were used to examine the structures of these networks, as well as to provide an in-depth investigation of the factors that aid the operation of these police corruption networks. The overall findings of the study reveal that officers collaborated and operated under a network structure reinforced by a subculture of unwritten rules, codes and acceptance by senior officers. This network was found to be dynamic, shifting in structure, membership and activity, but remained highly clustered and cohesive around a few core actors in the network. Additionally, the corruption network operated on relationships based on collaborations of trust. Officers used trustworthiness attributes, personal experience and third party information to assess whether a fellow officer was trustworthy enough to be a member of the corruption network, which resulted in a 3 'pipeline' of trust. This pipeline of trust was essential for the development and daily functioning of the network, because it allowed members involved to operate with more confidence knowing that fellow members could be trusted to keep the corrupt activities hidden.A...

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Misconduct allegations and higher education in a southern sheriff’s department

Cited by 38 publications

References 10 publications

Behind the Blue Line: Investigating Police Officers’ Attitudes Toward Rape

Behind the Blue Line: Investigating Police Officers’ Attitudes Toward Rape

Eğitim Düzeyi Suç İlişkisi: Türk Emniyet Teşkilatı Örneği

Dark networks : criminal collaboration in Australian police forces

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