Violent police behavior: Past, present, and future research directions

Lersch, Kim Michelle; Mieczkowski, Tom

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2004.10.002

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“…Such behaviour is particularly poignant in the recent UK climate, where several high profile incidents have led to criticisms of the police and major reform of In the USA, the Christopher Commission Report, conducted in 1991, stated that 'There is a significant number of officers in the LAPD who repetitively use excessive force against the public and persistently ignore the written guidelines of the department regarding force' (The Christopher Commission 1991, p. 31). The 'bad apples' approach has gained support from police departments in explaining such incidents, as well as the individuals who commit such acts (Lersch and Mieczkowski 2005). Indeed, the present study does show that such incidents are likely to involve officers committing such acts alone.…”

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confidence: 47%

A multivariate model of police deviance: examining the nature of corruption, crime and misconduct

Porter

Warrender

2009

Policing and Society

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A multivariate model of police deviance: examining the nature of corruption, crime and misconduct

Porter

Warrender

2009

Policing and Society

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“…Based on Sherman's definition, explanations for police violence in the existing literature have been quite varied (e.g. Alpert and MacDonald ; Garner et al ; Griffin and Bernard ; Lersch and Mieczkowski ; Manzoni and Eisner ; Terrill and Mastrofski ; Terrill et al ; Terrill and Reisig ). Stinson et al () analyze data from published news articles to identify and describe cases that involve the criminal misuse of conductive energy devices—purportedly a less‐than‐lethal alternative to firearms.…”

Section: Violence‐related Police Crimementioning

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Police Crime: The Criminal Behavior of Sworn Law Enforcement Officers

Stinson

2015

Sociology Compass

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This essay examines the criminological conceptualizations and research on police crime, that is, the criminal behavior of sworn law enforcement officers. It starts with an overview of the conceptualization of police crime as it relates to organizational and scholarly perspectives of social deviance. Police deviance is often conceptualized to include various misconduct, corruption, and/or crime committed by police organizations and police officers. This essay focuses on police crime resulting in the arrest of a sworn law enforcement officer and is organized within a conceptual framework that incorporates five types of police crime: sex-related police crime, alcohol-related police crime, drug-related police crime, violence-related police crime, and profit-motivated police crime.

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“…Numerous studies have been conducted over the past three decades that have explored the public's perception of law enforcement misconduct and discrimination, in part due to increasing media coverage of the topic (Dowler & Zawilski, 2007; Lersch & Mieczkowski, 2005). However, less work has been done to examine the influence of police misconduct on behavioral outcomes among recipients of misconduct.…”

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Perceived Police Injustice, Moral Disengagement, and Aggression Among Juvenile Offenders: Utilizing the General Strain Theory Model

Zapolski

Banks

Lau

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Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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Although many juvenile offenders report experiencing police injustice, few studies have examined how this source of strain may impact youths' behavioral outcomes, including risk for future recidivism. This study begins to address that gap in the literature. We applied the general strain theory as our theoretical framework to examine the interactive effect of perceived police injustice and moral disengagement on juvenile aggressive behavior. Our sample included 95 juvenile offenders who completed questionnaires on measures of perceived police injustice and moral disengagement. Results supported our hypothesis, such that moral disengagement predicted past month aggression among juvenile offenders, but only by youth who reported mean and high levels of perceived police injustice. While more research is needed in this area, this study's findings underscore the need to address both perceived police engagement and moral disengagement among youth at-risk of engaging in delinquent behaviors. Implications for intervention programs are also presented.

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Violent police behavior: Past, present, and future research directions

Cited by 54 publications

References 13 publications

A multivariate model of police deviance: examining the nature of corruption, crime and misconduct

A multivariate model of police deviance: examining the nature of corruption, crime and misconduct

Police Crime: The Criminal Behavior of Sworn Law Enforcement Officers

Perceived Police Injustice, Moral Disengagement, and Aggression Among Juvenile Offenders: Utilizing the General Strain Theory Model

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