Learning Objectives

  1. Give examples of police corruption and misconduct and explain why serious efforts need to be made to prevent such behaviors
     
  2. Identify the sources of data commonly used to study the nature and extent of police corruption and misconduct and discuss their limitations
     
  3. Describe how characteristics of officers, the job, and the organization can lead to police corruption and misconduct
     
  4. Discuss promising approaches to controlling police corruption and misconduct
     
  5. Explain why officer honesty is such a difficult but important issue in police work