Copping Out : The Consequences of Police Corruption and Misconduct / Anthony Stanford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanford, Anthony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police corruption.

Police misconduct.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

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. In this shocking yet fascinating volume, an award-winning Chicago journalist goes behind the headlines to provide a far-reaching analysis of brutality, vice, and corruption among men and women who have sworn to serve and protect. This timely book draws on actual cases to examine the widespread phenomenon of corruption inside law enforcement agencies. It looks at the effort of criminal elements and gangs to infiltrate police departments and the criminal justice system, and it discusses how vigilante justice is encouraged by claims of police misconduct. Of particular importance to readers, the book also exposes the trickle-down effect of police corruption as it affects American values and society as a whole. But the news is not all bad. Police departments across the nation are fighting back against abuse of power, and the author sheds light on the escalating battle they are waging against rogue police officers involved in criminal activity. Through Stanford's investigative work and firsthand interviews with leading law enforcement professionals, readers will be privy to the backstory of the struggle of police commands to insulate their departments against the criminality and corruption so prevalent today.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Copping Out: An Introduction; 2 The History of Police Corruption; 3 Power, Politics, and Racism; 4 What Makes a Dirty Cop?; 5 Mounting Excessive Force in Reaction to Political Pressure; 6 Department of Justice Investigations; 7 A Saga of Police Corruption; 8 Technology and the Police; 9 Building Confidence in the Criminal Justice System; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9798400632150

9798216066408

9781440830907

1440830908

OCLC:

1395568083