A Typology of Police Corruption

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ID2483802
AuthorsJulian B Roebuck (Mississippi State University), Tom Barker (0000-0001-7467-5850, Mississippi State University), Thomas Barker (0000-0001-5212-9533), Thomas H Barker (0000-0002-3218-8111)
Year1974
Volume21
Issue3
Pages423-437
Publication date1974-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Problems (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/799909
OpenAlexW2118496797
LanguageEN
Citations received46
References cited30

This paper postulates an empirical typology of police corruption derived from a content analysis of the literature (1960-1972) and the police work experience of one of the authors. Police corruption is analyzed as a form of organizational deviance hinging primarily on informal police peer group norms. Contradictions among formal norms, informal norms, and situational rules are indicated. Eight types of police corruption are delineated: (l) Corruption of Authority, (2) Kickbacks, (3) Opportunistic Theft, (4) Shakedowns, (5) Protection of Illegal Activities, (6) The Fix, (7) Direct Criminal Activities, and (8) Internal Payoffs. The types are analyzed along several dimensions: (1) acts and actors, (2) norm violations, (3) support from peer group, (4) organizational degree of deviant practices, and (5) police department's reactions

Art · Criminology · Deviance (statistics) · Language change · Norm (philosophy) · Organised crime · Political science · Public relations · Situational ethics · Sociology · Typology · Anthropology · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · Corruption and Economic Development · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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