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Internal Investigations for Law Enforcement / by Rainer Kroll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kroll, Rainer., Author.
- Series:
- SpringerBriefs in criminology. Policing 2194-6221
- SpringerBriefs in Policing, 2194-6221
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminology.
- Crime Control and Security.
- Local Subjects:
- Crime Control and Security.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (VIII, 68 pages 2 illustrations, 1 illustrations in color)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2023.
- Contained In:
- Springer Nature eBook
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This concise volume provides a methodology for conducting investigations into allegations against law-enforcement officers. It takes into account the history of police culture, misconduct, and internal affairs investigations. Identifying three types of cases - administrative and rules violations, misconduct allegations, and crimes and corruption - this brief provides steps for the initial investigation, evidence retrieval, review of the investigation, and further considerations. Appropriate for students of criminal justice and law enforcement officers and researchers, this unique volume is a practical overview of common issues in and approaches to police misconduct. Provides a concise methodology for conducting investigations into law enforcement, outlining steps to take after receiving an allegation against an officer; Discusses various types of allegations, and the appropriate actions for pursuing each investigation; Examines the theory and history behind police culture and deviance, and behind internal affairs investigations.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Underlying theory
- 3. History and justification
- 4. Types of cases
- 5. Types of allegations
- 6. Initial investigations
- 7. Typical investigative steps
- 8. Case closing dispositions
- 9. Case closing report
- 10. Proactive investigations
- 11. Liability.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Cohen Endowment for the Study of Criminal Justice Reform.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 9783031215278
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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