Jammed up
Subtitle: bad cops, police misconduct, and the New York City Police Department
By: Robert J. Kane and Michael D. White ; preface by Candace McCoy
Contributors: White, Michael D. (Michael Douglas), 1951-
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780814748411; 9780814785751; 9780814770856
Subjects: Police administration; New York (N.Y.). Police Dept.; Police misconduct; New York (N.Y.).; Police-community relations
Description: "Drugs, bribes, falsifying evidence, unjustified force and kickbacks: there are many opportunities for cops to act like criminals. Jammed Up is the definitive study of the nature and causes of police misconduct. While police departments are notoriously protective of their own--especially personnel and disciplinary information--Michael White and Robert Kane gained unprecedented, complete access to the confidential files of NYPD officers who committed serious offenses, examining the cases of more than 1,500 NYPD officers over a twenty year period that includes a fairly complete cycle of scandal and reform, in the largest, most visible police department in the United States.[...] They explore both the factors that predict officer misconduct, and the police department's responses to that misconduct, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding the issues. The conclusions they draw are important not just for what they can tell us about the NYPD but for how we are to understand the very nature of police misconduct."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Jammed up: an introduction; title: What we know and don't know about police misconduct; title: Setting the stage: an historical look at the New York Police Department; title: Exploring career-ending misconduct in the NYPD: who, what and how often; title: Predicting police misconduct: how to recognize the bad cops; title: The Department, the City and police misconduct: looking beyond the bad cop; title: Explaining bad behavior: can criminology help us understand police misconduct?; title: What we know about being jammed up, and transitioning to a discourse on good policing.