Police Crime & Democracy: Demystifying the Concept, Research, and Presenting a Taxonomy

Ross, Jeffrey Ian

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2439341

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Police Crime & Democracy: Demystifying the Concept, Research, and Presenting a Taxonomy

book chapter, from S. Einstein and M. Amir (Eds.), Policing, Security and Democracy: Special Aspects of Democratic Policing, 2001, Office of International Criminal Justice, pp. 177-200.

13 Pages Posted: 22 May 2014

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Jeffrey Ian Ross

University of Baltimore - School of Law

Date Written: 2001

Abstract

This chapter review the concept of police crime, argues why a variety of constituencies have resisted its use, explains why a better conception of police crime is important, presents a taxonomy of police crime that will help researchers develop theoretically grounded research on this type of police behavior, and will enable policymakers and administrators to specify mechanisms for improved control.

Keywords: police violence, police corruption, illegal police surveillance, definitional and conceptual issues, police behavior, criminal justice, police crime

JEL Classification: H89, K14, K19, K39, K42, K49, L32, L39, L89

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Ross, Jeffrey Ian, Police Crime & Democracy: Demystifying the Concept, Research, and Presenting a Taxonomy (2001). book chapter, from S. Einstein and M. Amir (Eds.), Policing, Security and Democracy: Special Aspects of Democratic Policing, 2001, Office of International Criminal Justice, pp. 177-200., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2439341 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2439341