Cop culture
Subtitle: why good cops go bad
By: L. Scott Silverii, PhD
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781482221046; 9781482221053
Subjects: Police psychology; Police misconduct; Police corruption
Description: Sworn to protect and serve, police officers who stray into deviant behavior may become a citizen's worst nightmare. A thoughtful examination of the formal and informal process of becoming blue, Cop Culture: Why Good cops go bad is a unique combination of academic research based on Chief Scott Silverii's doctoral dissertation and more than two decades in law enforcement. The book seeks to answer the ultimate question: why do good cops become bad cops?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: 1. The Blue Line mystique; title: Liminality; title: Behaving badly; title: Grass eaters versus meat eaters; title: Priests, prostitutes, and Penn State; title: 2. Special operations groups; title: Focus group; title: SWAT : behind the ballistic shield; title: Militarization culture; title: 3. Studying a secret culture; title: Investigative objective; title: Challenges for cultural research; title: Deficiencies in current literature; title: Significance in studying cop culture; title: 4. History of policing in America; title: English origin; title: Three eras of American policing; title: The political era; title: The professional era; title: August Vollmer; title: The Wickersham Commission Report; title: O.W. Wilson; title: J. Edgar Hoover; title: New police technologies; title: Technology of television; title: Community-oriented policing and problem-solving era; title: COP model; title: Counterterrorism model; title: POP model; title: CPTED model; title: 5. Occupational socialization; title: Fitting in; title: Bureaucratic fraternal order; title: Personal effects of cultural conflict; title: Attitudes, motivators, and satisfiers; title: Marine Corps' Motivational Method; title: 6. Why cops quit; title: Factors affecting commitment; title: Perceptions of work-ecology; title: 7. Antidiversity in the ranks; title: No place for "other"; title: Heterosexual masculinity; title: Military minorities not welcome; title: Perceptions of racism; title: Culture created by assimilation; title: 8. Police culture; title: Silent codes and Blue Lines; title: Code of silence protects police corruption; title: Discretion or corruption; title: Dishonoring the Code; title: Deviance and violence; title: Policing and alcohol consumption; title: Gangland violence; title: Commitment to deviance; title: Personal effects : social and individual fracturing; title: Making of an undercover agent; title: 9. State sponsored violence; title: Conflicting roles; title: Use-of-force continuum; title: Parapolicing violence; title: Peer validation; title: 10. Policing the police; title: Early warning systems; title: Early intervention; title: 11. Cop culture and OMC.