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Hardcover Police Misconduct in America: A Reference Handbook Book

ISBN: 1576075990

ISBN13: 9781576075999

Police Misconduct in America: A Reference Handbook

With just the right dose of academic pragmatism, Police Misconduct in America assesses the history of police excesses from 1900 to the present.

At the dawn of the profession, police officers initially were hired based on physical strength, not personal skills. They did not understand the laws they were enforcing or how laws should be enforced. This extensive survey examines the context and types of police misconduct since the...

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A Sociology of Police Misconduct

Dean J. Champion is a sociology professor at Texas A & M University with three decades of research and teaching in the field of criminal justice. "Since 1914, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided many cases involving police misconduct", he wrote in his preface(px). He has compiled a sourcebook of reference material concerning the history of police misconduct and the issues and controversies that arise. His six chapters are 1. History of Police Misconduct; 2. Issues and Controversies; 3. Chronology; 4. Biographical Sketches; 5. U.S. Supreme Court Cases; 6. Agencies and Organizations; and 7. Print and Nonprint Resources. Professor Champion is concerned about rampant police misconduct, saying "the pervasivenes of police misconduct among police departments throught the United States cannot be underestimated" (p17). He believes that studies and research into this problem are necessary to come to terms with it. Toward this end, he has produced this valuable reference work.
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