Social Organization of Police Deviance A. Examining Deviance as Network of Associations B. Deviance and Transactions C. Positions and Memberships of Deviant Actors D. Roles of Deviant Actors V. Improbability of Controlling police Deviance and Corruption A. Complexity of Corruption 1. Police Wrongdoing 2. Understanding Functional Aspects of Police Deviance 3. Police deviance is dysfunctional to society since it undermines conceptions of justice, usurps judicial authority, interrupts the operation of the criminal justice system, and often results in selective and discriminatory law enforcement. The police normative system is constantly molded and shaped in an interactive process.
Police receive messages from various sources.
These messages, in turn, inform police about the bounds of acceptable behavior. Some of the important message sources include politicians, the judiciary, ambiguities in the law, and police officials themselves. Few acts of police deviance are carried out in isolation. Police deviance is most often an organized behavior that involves associations, transactions, positions, and the support of others inside and outside the organization. Changing the police occupation will require substantial social reforms.