CRM 2305 Study Guide - Burglary, Voyeurism
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Bad policing: oldest and most persistent problem of policing. Impacts of bad policing: undermines the integrity of policing, corruption may conceal other types of criminal activity, undermines the effectiveness of the criminal justice system. As chasing a criminal through the backyard, the police stop and take a peek), victims (ex. Lawrence shermans three levels of corruption: some services have an occasionally deviant officer while in others deviance is systematic, measuring corruption if difficult, type 1: least serious form. Rotten apples: few officers independently engaged in corrupt acts. Rotten pockets: serveral officers cooperate with one another: type 2: higher degree of intensity pervasive unorganized corruption (majority of personnel are corrupt but have little relationship to each other, type 3: most serious form pervasive organized corruption. Organized level that penetrates higher levels of department, systematic shared among all members of a group.