POLITICS OF CORRUPTION IN AN AMERICAN CITY (FROM WHITE-COLLAR CRIME - OFFENSES IN BUSINESS, POLITICS, AND THE PROFESSIONS. REV. ED., 1977 BY GILBERT GEIS AND ROBERT F MEIER - SEE NCJ-40489)

• NCJ Number: 40493
• Author(s): J A GARDINER
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: Free Press
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE CATALOGS ACTS OF NONFEASANCE, MALFEASANCE, AND MISFEASANCE BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN A CITY REFERRED TO AS WINCANTON, U.S.A.

Abstract

THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE MAYOR, POLICE CHIEF, AND OTHER HIGH-RANKING CITY OFFICIALS ARE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED BRIBERY, KICKBACKS, GRAFT, AND THE PROTECTION (FOR A FEE) OF VICE AND GAMBLING. RESIDENT SURVEYS INDICATED THAT PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE EXISTENCE OF THIS CORRUPTION WAS QUITE LIMITED, WITH KNOWLEDGE OF SPECIFICS BEING AVAILABLE ONLY AFTER LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS AND THE INDICTMENT OF THE POLICE CHIEF....ELW