" Misconduct included bribery, extortion, excessive force, and other abuses of police authority, as well as certain administrative rule violations." (Kane, 2002) This study was one of a longitudinal nature and states that analyses show that "dimensions of structural disadvantage and population mobility - drawn from the social disorganization literature - as well as changes in Latino population - drawn from the radical conflict perspective - explained changes in police misconduct over time
ETHICAL ISSUES Ethical issues to be addressed involve the confidentiality of the police officers in this study and the police officers will as a result be asked to sign a consent form allowing release by the researcher of the data and findings of the study in which the findings related to the participant will be allowed to be fully used in all reports but the name of the individual will be kept fully confidential known only to the researcher(s) in this proposed study. LITERATURE REVIEW The Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research: Center on Police Practices and Community report entitled: "Communicating Policy Misconduct: Alleged, Variably Reported, and/or Real?" (Giles and Daily, 2003) relates that communication scholars "have come to add police-community relations to the research agenda, not only because it is a unique form of intergroup communication theoretically, but also because of its importance in promoting a safer more secure society
In addition, there does not seem to be sufficient public outrage to force prosecuting attorneys to convict the many police officers accused of torturing suspects. The police commander accused of being the torture ringleader is the only one who is currently serving time, but only for a federal charge of perjury (Brown, Ruzich, and Cox, 2010)
Contemporary Perspectives Although the widespread use of third degree methods faded after the publication of the Wickersham Commission report in 1931, the police still find it hard to police themselves. This past January, the Chicago City Council voted unanimously to ban torture, the first municipality to do so in the United States (Coffey, 2012)
Over 100 arrests were made by the Oakland police department during the ensuing riots. Citizen journalists also documented the arrests of nearly 700 Occupy Movement protestors October 1, 2011 on the Brooklyn Bridge (Honan, 2012)
Or, maybe mainstream media is not the best place to gauge public opinion? Kies (2011-2012) argues that the proliferation of online video-sharing websites that document police activity represents a civilian press corps engaging in police oversight. Such activity, according Kies, represents an expression of free speech protected under the First Amendment (Kies, 2011-2012, p
This essay will discuss evidence that suggests communities view police misconduct differently along racial and generational lines. Historical Perspectives The infamous 'Third Degree' was probably first coined in the 1870s by police officers and was intended to describe the brutal interrogation methods employed to gain information, confessions, and guilty pleas from suspects (Leo and Koenig, 2010, p
David Thomas, the executive director of the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission, may have hit the nail on the head when he suggested that the public outcry over police brutality is limited to the constituencies most affected (Mills, 2012). Over 60 people spoke before the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) board of directors concerning the killing of an unarmed and prostate Oscar Grant by a BART police officer (McLaughlin, Martin, Simon, and Simon, 2009)
An estimated 135 African-American men, women, and children, one as young as 13 years old, were subjected to electric shocks, suffocation, beatings, burns, and mock executions. The city government of Chicago reportedly has taken drastic, public steps to interfere with both local and federal investigations into the police torture allegations and the Illinois legislature recently pulled funding from the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission (Mills, 2012)
In addition, there does not seem to be sufficient public outrage to force prosecuting attorneys to convict the many police officers accused of torturing suspects. The police commander accused of being the torture ringleader is the only one who is currently serving time, but only for a federal charge of perjury (Brown, Ruzich, and Cox, 2010)
Contemporary Perspectives Although the widespread use of third degree methods faded after the publication of the Wickersham Commission report in 1931, the police still find it hard to police themselves. This past January, the Chicago City Council voted unanimously to ban torture, the first municipality to do so in the United States (Coffey, 2012)
Over 100 arrests were made by the Oakland police department during the ensuing riots. Citizen journalists also documented the arrests of nearly 700 Occupy Movement protestors October 1, 2011 on the Brooklyn Bridge (Honan, 2012)
Or, maybe mainstream media is not the best place to gauge public opinion? Kies (2011-2012) argues that the proliferation of online video-sharing websites that document police activity represents a civilian press corps engaging in police oversight. Such activity, according Kies, represents an expression of free speech protected under the First Amendment (Kies, 2011-2012, p
This essay will discuss evidence that suggests communities view police misconduct differently along racial and generational lines. Historical Perspectives The infamous 'Third Degree' was probably first coined in the 1870s by police officers and was intended to describe the brutal interrogation methods employed to gain information, confessions, and guilty pleas from suspects (Leo and Koenig, 2010, p
David Thomas, the executive director of the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission, may have hit the nail on the head when he suggested that the public outcry over police brutality is limited to the constituencies most affected (Mills, 2012). Over 60 people spoke before the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) board of directors concerning the killing of an unarmed and prostate Oscar Grant by a BART police officer (McLaughlin, Martin, Simon, and Simon, 2009)
An estimated 135 African-American men, women, and children, one as young as 13 years old, were subjected to electric shocks, suffocation, beatings, burns, and mock executions. The city government of Chicago reportedly has taken drastic, public steps to interfere with both local and federal investigations into the police torture allegations and the Illinois legislature recently pulled funding from the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission (Mills, 2012)
The news media and the internet world are currently following a number of major stories concerning alleged police misconduct. These stories are as diverse as the New York Police Department (NYPD) warrantless spying on Muslims (Sacirbey, 2012) to the pepper spraying of Occupy protesters on a University of California campus (Newcomb, 2012)
The news media and the internet world are currently following a number of major stories concerning alleged police misconduct. These stories are as diverse as the New York Police Department (NYPD) warrantless spying on Muslims (Sacirbey, 2012) to the pepper spraying of Occupy protesters on a University of California campus (Newcomb, 2012)
5% of the population in New York City (2012). Mayor Bloomberg recently defended this policy as essential to saving lives (Taylor, 2012), despite statistics showing that 86 to 90% of those stopped are totally innocent of criminal activity (NYCLU, 2012)
346) in 1966 that has required police to advise suspects of their constitutional right to remain silent before they initiate custodial interrogation (Schmalleger, 2009). The penalty for violating this requirement is that the evidence produced improperly may not be introduced at trial (Dershowitz, 2002)