Police Integrity: Rankings of Scenarios on the Klockars Scale by "Management Cops"

• NCJ Number: 235183
• Journal: Criminal Justice Review Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Dated: June 2011 Pages: 152-164
• Author(s): Gennaro F. Vito; Scott Wolfe; George E. Higgins; William F. Walsh
• Date Published: June 2011
• Length: 13 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined the ethical views of police managers regarding police corruption.

Abstract

Policing is recognized as a morally dangerous profession. This study extends analyses of police corruption via a scale developed by Carl Klockars by surveying police managers attending the Administrative Officers' Course at the Southern Police Institute at the University of Louisville. The findings indicate that these police managers acknowledge the existence of a questionable moral climate in police agencies and a tolerance for official misconduct that is troubling to consider. (Published Abstract)