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Copping Out: The Consequences of Police Corruption and Misconduct

Author Anthony Stanford
Publisher Praeger
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PublisherPraeger
ISBN / ASIN1440830894
ISBN-139781440830891
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Sales Rank460,907
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

Description

A Chicago journalist reveals how pervasive police misconduct, brutality, and corruption are changing the perspective of the criminal justice system and eroding the morals of the American people.


• Exposes ever-increasing police corruption and the lures that influence police officers to participate in illicit activities

• Educates readers about the struggle to rid law enforcement agencies of corrupt officers

• Examines the ways technology increases the probability of police officers becoming involved in illegal activities, as well as how advances in technology can prevent a crossing of the threshold

• Features interviews with leading law enforcement professionals who discuss the challenges of police corruption

• Points out steps that should be taken by law enforcement to curb police corruption, including stricter screening standards and more careful psychological monitoring of law enforcement personnel