Police Misconduct the Objective of Term Paper

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1).This study reports that it is important to weigh both "...legal and extralegal factors" in the attempt to understand police misconduct. Furthermore, "...implications for issues of racial and ethnic stereotyping..." must be given consideration in incidents of police misconduct and allegations of misconduct on the part of police officers is critically necessary.

The work of Judith a. Greene entitled: "Zero Tolerance: A Case Study of Police Policies and Practices in New York City" states that: "The police reforms introduced in New York City by William Bratton are now hailed by Mayor Rudy Giuliani as the epitome of "zero-tolerance" policing, and he credits them for winning dramatic reductions in the city's crime rate. But the number of citizen complaints filed before the Civilian Complaint Review Board has jumped skyward, as has the number of lawsuits alleging police misconduct and abuse of force. Comparison of crime rates, arrest statistics, and citizen complaints in New York with those in San Diego -- where a more problem-oriented community policing strategy has been implemented -- gives strong evidence that effective crime control can be achieved while producing fewer negative impacts on urban neighborhoods.

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" (1999) This is clearly a case in New York City of a culture of police misconduct was administratively formulated and which has not been effective in urban neighborhoods in terms of its impacts and outcomes.

SUMMARY and CONCLUSION

Cleary, the socio-cultural aspects of police misconduct need to be better understood to better cope with the problem of both misconduct among police officers as well as occurrences of false allegations of police misconduct by the public. Understanding socio-cultural factors in perceived and committed police misconduct will greatly contribute to more effective management of these types of socially and culturally initiated problems and in avoidance of the development of these types of problems......

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