We hold many assumptions about police work—that it is the responsibility of the state, or that
police officers are given the right to kill in the name of public safety or self-defense. But in …

The challenges of police governance and accountability have been rising up the agenda of
policy makers, police chiefs, NGOs at local, national and international levels, diverse …

Police culture has for over half a century attracted interest from academics, students, policy-
makers, police institutions and the general public. However, the literature of this area has …

This article examines perceptions of police misconduct in the United States and the factors
that influence these perceptions. Using data from a large, nationally representative survey of …

Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological Introduction offers an
authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to …

Race and Policing in America is about relations between police and citizens, with a focus on
racial differences. It utilizes both the authors' own research and other studies to examine …

In the first book of its kind, Leo Huberts provides a critical synthesis of cutting-edge research
on public sector integrity exploring issues such as the definition and importance of public …

Policing and corruption are inseparable. This book argues that corruption is not one thing
but covers many deviant and criminal practices in policing which also shift over time. It …

This article has two themes. Firstly, that police corruption is not an individual aberration of an
incidental nature that can be readily combated with temporary, repressive measures …

Nearly every study of police corruption hypothesizes that public experience of police
corruption undermines the moral standing of the police. However, scarcely any studies …