Jammed Up

by Kane, Robert J.; White, Michael D.; McCoy, Candace

• ISBN13: 9780814748411
• ISBN10: 0814748414
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-19
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

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 ownespecially personnel and disciplinary informationMichael 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. actual misconduct cases An off-duty officer driving his private vehicle stops at a convenience store on Long Island, after having just worked a 10 hour shift in Brooklyn, to steal a six pack of beer at gun point. Is this police misconduct? A police officer is disciplined no less than six times in three years for failing to comply with administrative standards and is finally dismissed from employment for losing his NYPD shield (badge). Is this police misconduct? An officer was fired for abusing his sick time, but then further investigation showed that the officer was found not guilty in a criminal trial during which he was accused of using his position as a police officer to protect drug and prostitution enterprises. Which is the example of police misconduct?

Table of Contents

Preface: What Bad Cops Tell Us about Good Policing	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Prologue	p. xv
Jammed Up: An Introduction	p. 1
What We Know and Don't Know about Police Misconduct	p. 19
Setting the Stage: An Historical Look at the New York Police Department	p. 39
Exploring Career-Ending Misconduct in the NYPD: Who, What, and How Often	p. 65
Predicting Police Misconduct: How to Recognize the Bad Cops	p. 87
The Department, the City, and Police Misconduct: Looking beyond the Bad Cop	p. 107
Explaining Bad Behavior: Can Criminology Help Us Understand Police Misconduct?	p. 123
What We Know about Being Jammed Up, and Transitioning to a Discourse on Good Policing	p. 157
Appendix: Analyses from Chapter 5	p. 173
Notes	p. 177
References	p. 195
Index	p. 213
About the Authors	p. 222
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