01:202:202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Extortion, Police Misconduct, Racial Profiling
7 Apr 2018
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Four major sections of misconduct: definition and measurement, history, prevalence and consequences, theories, persistent problems. Defining and measuring: differs based on personal perspectives, police crime. Cops commit crime when supposed to be carrying out law: example cop steals drugs from drug dealer when supposed to be catching them and turning in drugs, occupational deviance. Inappropriate behavior committed under guise of police officers" authority: example sleeping on the job, example pulling over driver for no reason except to get phone number, corruption. Misuse of authority for personal gain or for others. Two parts are misuse of authority and personal gain: example extorting money from suspects who are engaged in illegal matters, abuse of authority. Actions with no regards to motive or intentions. Tends to injure or violate legal rights of others: psychological misuse, physical misuse, mental misuse. History, prevalence and consequences: reformations in 1800s especially progressives, no answer to how prevalent misconduct is today.
