Jammed Up : Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department /

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'Jammed Up' is a definitive study of the nature and causes of police misconduct. The authors examines the cases of more than 1500 NYPD officers over a 20 year period that includes a fairly complete cycle of scandal and reform, in the largest, most visible police department in the United St...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kane, Robert J.
Other Authors: White, Michael D. (Michael Douglas), 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
New York (N.Y.). > Police Department.
Police misconduct.
Police-community relations.
Police administration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Abus de la police > New York (État) > New York.
Relations police-collectivite > New York (État) > New York.
Police misconduct > New York (State) > New York.
Police-community relations > New York (State) > New York.
Police administration > New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Jammed up: an introduction
  • What we know and don't know about police misconduct
  • Setting the stage: an historical look at the New York Police Department
  • Exploring career-ending misconduct in the NYPD: who, what and how often
  • Predicting police misconduct: how to recognize the bad cops
  • The Department, the City and police misconduct: looking beyond the bad cop
  • Explaining bad behavior: can criminology help us understand police misconduct?
  • What we know about being jammed up, and transitioning to a discourse on good policing.

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