Learning Objectives

7.1 Explain why the topic of police deviance is important to the study of American policing.

7.2 Describe the major forms of excessive force and racial profiling.

7.3 List the major forms of police corruption.

7.4 Describe the different significant causes of police deviance.

7.5 Examine the different strategies police forces and the public have used to prevent corruption and overenthusiastic policing.