SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mollen Commission, Toronto Police Service, Knapp Commission
29 Mar 2017
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Self-interested corruption: officers secure something that"s to their advantage. Found a steady trail of officers having an arrangement with criminal for money: would often let criminals off (shake downs) o. Officers were not willing to talk about what was happening in the streets. 2001 julian fantino asks john neily (rcmp) to head investigation o o. There was hearsay of corruption with the toronto police service. Missing evidence, people in the streets telling them. Bribery, theft, extortion, purchase/sale of narcotics, obstruction, etc. Charges stayed in 2008 all walked free. Chappell and piquero (2004) applied social learning theory to police misconduct o o. Stealing watch from jewelry store after a burglary. Asked to rate seriousness, and what they think fellow officers will rate. Excessive force and theft higher on seriousness scale. Punished should result in dismissal, but if just a meal or gift should be written up or reprimanded. Findings: males and tenure predicted complaints (supports differential association) o.
