Scandal and Reform: Controlling Police Corruption

Scandal and Reform: Controlling Police Corruption
ISBN-10
0520035232
ISBN-13
9780520035232
Category
Social Science
Pages
328
Language
English
Published
1978-01-01
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Lawrence W. Sherman

Description

Presents a study of four police departments in which both honest police officers and citizens were victimized by police corruption. Explores the methods which were used such as surveillance and other covert techniques in order to successfully reform the departments. The cities involved were New York City, Oakland Calif., Newburgh, N.Y.; and a pseudonym for a Midwestern City called Central City in this report.

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