SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Collegehumor, Social Learning Theory, Dependent And Independent Variables
5 Nov 2015
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Lapd has been notorious and had trouble with race relations. 5 member panel to investigate corruption allegations in nypd. Revealed by an of cer (frank serpico) that police were making arrangements with criminals, getting paid off to let criminals off the hook. Went on for as long as it did because of the code of silence. After serpico came forward to report this there were threats on his life and his family"s. At the end of inquiry it was recommended an internal affairs department be in place in life every precinct and an con dential informant be placed in. Took so long for it to come forward. Investigated gang corruption and ny police of cers. In this case of cers were working with drug dealers, protecting them and working to take. Toronto (2004) because other of cers refused to testify against each other. Again, the code of silence protected of cers, kept it quiet for a long time.
