SOC 3750 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Metropolitan Police Service, Rotten Apples, Police Misconduct

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3750
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Ipc chapter 9 police deviance, accountability and control. Behaviour that violates norms, covers wide range of activities. Police corruption limited to small # officers who were dishonest prior to becoming a cop. Rotten apple 1 officer engaged in deviant behaviour or rotten pocket a few officers deviant as a group. Not organized, no admin support, advanced often by police themselves when discretions found. Prevalent in 1960s/70s when wide scale corruption found sociologists criticize. Like rotten apple suggest deviance & corruption not limited to a few but a number of officers are actively & passively involved in corrupt activities. Still unorganized & independent although more ppl involved, learned through informal socialization. For corruption to be organized every level and a large # of people must be involved, formally taught by organization, most serious. Occurs when police misconduct violates external expectations of what a department should be doing but is supported by peers, police subculture, and internal operating norms of the organization.