...Moses Agaawena Amagnya Purpose This study examines the relationship between police culture and support for corruption among Ghanaian police officers. Design/methodology/approach The study draws on data from a survey of 616 police officers across three regions in Ghana. The research questions...

... across four countries. Sanja Kutnjak Ivković can be contacted at: kutnjak@msu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Ethics Management Corruption Accountability Misconduct Use of force The organizational theory of police integrity proposed by Klockars and Kutnjak...

... into respondents’ views and opinions, rather than their actual behavior [3] . Misconduct Corruption Accountability Use of force Police culture Deadly force Sanja Kutnjak Ivković can be contacted at: kutnjak@msu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 The code of silence...

.... The National Victims of Crime Surveys of both 2003 and 2007 identified the police as the primary agents in acts of corruption (Bruce, 2008, pp. 5-6), while another nationally representative study of 2006 indicated that more than one-half of South Africa’s citizens believed that most or all police were corrupt...

... administrations than in categories III and IV police administrations (Table II). The questionnaire contains 11 hypothetical scenarios measuring various forms of police misconduct, including police corruption, use of excessive force, falsification of official records, perjury, and planting of evidence...

...Petronella Jonck; Eben Swanepoel Purpose – A growing public concern among South African citizens is that of corruption in law enforcement, an awareness of which causes significant tension in the community – police relationship. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how law enforcement...

..., police corruption, and citizens’ perceptions about their safety in their neighborhood. Findings – Older citizens reported higher satisfaction with the police. Among the contextual characteristics, the authors find a positive relationship between perceived police performance, fairness...

...Juan Carlos Ruiz Väsquez Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the extent and impact of corruption on public trust and on the stability of the Colombian police. The effectiveness of public controls, civilian oversight, and overseeing bodies is evaluated to determine the degree...

... African Police Service (SAPS). Design/methodology/approach In 2005, the authors surveyed police supervisors from seven South African provinces and autonomous provinces. The questionnaire distributed to police supervisors contains 11 vignettes describing various forms of police corruption and one...

... to rule‐governed actions by the police; they will act in nonarbitrary ways, without discrimination, malfeasance, corruption, or abuse of power”. Kutnjak Ivković and Shelley (2007 , p. 24) point out that a culture of police integrity is pivotal to democratic policing and reform initiatives: A police...

...Petter Gottschalk Purpose The common survey instrument for police integrity consists of case descriptions that are mainly concerned with corruption. However, the diversity in police criminal acts calls for a revision of this survey instrument. Based on cases of convicted police officers in Norway...

... strength in 70 developing and developed nations. Findings Controlling for indicators of crime, development, and population‐geography, it is found that political factors such as durability of the political regime, corruption, the presence of a black market, and state formation are significantly...

...Amos Oyesoji Aremu; Francis Pakes; Les Johnston Purpose Locus of control is the perception of an individual's perception about events in his or her life. This paper aims to improve police ethical standards using a counselling approach, locus of control to reduce police corruption...

... be contacted at: jschafer@siu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Police misconduct Ethics Organizational culture United States of America Corruption Individual behaviour Corruption, abuses of authority, brutal tactics, and violations of constitutional protections have left...

... with one another. Strictness is important as well, but appears to be particularly effective in controlling fraud, corruption and the misuse of resources. The impact of openness is less evident. Research limitations/implications The study in this paper has taken the field of leadership and ethics a step...

... (N=378), and the USA (3,235). Respondents evaluated ten scenarios describing police corruption and one scenario describing the use of excessive force by indicating how seriously they evaluated each described behavior. Findings Line officers' and supervisors' evaluations of seriousness of the 11...

...Arvind Verma Corruption within the Indian police organization is not a new phenomenon and folklore has always associated police with extortion and brutality. At present, corruption exists in many forms and in every rank and has reached an alarming stage where some practices are not even considered...