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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785950203321

Autore

Kargin Vedat <1973->

Titolo

Peer reporting of unethical police behavior [[electronic resource] /] / Vedat Kargin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., c2011

ISBN

1-59332-636-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Disciplina

363.2/2

Soggetti

Police - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Peer review - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Police-community relations - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Police misconduct - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Police discretion - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER ONEIntroduction; CHAPTER TWO Theories of Ethical Decision Making; CHAPTER THREE Factors Associated With Peer Reporting; CHAPTER FOUR Roadmap to Research; CHAPTER FIVE Empirical Findings; CHAPTER SIX Discussion and Implications; Appendices; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Kargin examines police officers' decision making with regard to peer reporting of unethical police behavior. On a theoretical level, a peer reporting model was developed based on Rest's (1984) "four component," Trevino's (1986) "a person-situation interactionist," and, finally, Jones' (1991) "issue-contingent" models of ethical decision making for investigation of police officers' peer reporting decisions. The results suggest that the perceived seriousness of the unethical behavior is the strongest predictor of police officers' peer reporting in minor and moderate policy violations. However, o