As part of their duties, Police have the power to arrest and the right to used a minimal or proportion force in order to carried out their duties, especially when arresting offenders (Prenzler, 2013). Sometimes, they might be required to used accoutrements such as (handcuffs, batons, capsicum spray, Tasers and firearms) to detained and arrested offenders, and also to protect themselves, suspects and members of the public from harm. However, the occupation of policing is intrinsically vulnerable to misconduct since numerous opportunities exist. This essay will explain the nature and causes of police misconduct. Then it will describe the need for police accountability and the strategies for managing police integrity.
Police corruption is a universal …show more content…
There has been a great deal of research about the causes of police misconduct. The underlying problems based on inadequate policy and performance measure facilitate and contribute to corrupt behavior includes lack of supervisory presence. Many police officers conduct their work on their own or with a partner, but lack of supervision monitor and control. As a result, weak management and low control over staff will fail to pick up inappropriate behavior that arises from insufficient training and may be seen to silently overlook the issues. Another high-risk area of police work in terms of a potential for corruption is the use of informants. Police officers who handle informants are exposed to offenders far more frequently and in a less controlled environment. While guidelines that advise on the way that informers should be manages might be issued, however the concerned procedures do not address the ethical dilemmas that can arise. Sometimes, individuals may also be tempted to engage in corrupt behavior indirectly through the knowledge that such behavior is often difficult to investigate and detect. Further, where investigations are successful in uncovering incidents of corruption, there are still further problems in providing and punishing such behavior (Porter, …show more content…
For example, criminals might offer money and other benefits to police for protection from prosecution. A structural perspective is also useful for understanding variation in corruption and misconduct across different types of policing tasks and police organisation units. Detectives are more likely to engage in process corruption in order to achieve their goal successfully prosecuting suspects. While, temptation to used excessive force often come from patrol officers’ routine encounters with members of the public who are prone to verbally abuse police, split, scratch and throw punches. A structural functional analysis also helps with understanding process corruption and associated miscarriages of justice. For example, a political and community pressure to solve crimes and bring offenders to justice put enormous pressure on police, particularly in relation to more horrendous and shocking crimes such as terrorist attacks, might creates a temptation to cut corners in an investigation by forcing suspects into making confession, and pressuring other persons into making false or misleading witness statement (Prenzler, 2013, p. 55-56). Corruption research has also focused on the occupational culture or sub-culture of policing. The negative aspects of a traditional police culture have their origins in male dominance, and in
Police corruption is a universal …show more content…
There has been a great deal of research about the causes of police misconduct. The underlying problems based on inadequate policy and performance measure facilitate and contribute to corrupt behavior includes lack of supervisory presence. Many police officers conduct their work on their own or with a partner, but lack of supervision monitor and control. As a result, weak management and low control over staff will fail to pick up inappropriate behavior that arises from insufficient training and may be seen to silently overlook the issues. Another high-risk area of police work in terms of a potential for corruption is the use of informants. Police officers who handle informants are exposed to offenders far more frequently and in a less controlled environment. While guidelines that advise on the way that informers should be manages might be issued, however the concerned procedures do not address the ethical dilemmas that can arise. Sometimes, individuals may also be tempted to engage in corrupt behavior indirectly through the knowledge that such behavior is often difficult to investigate and detect. Further, where investigations are successful in uncovering incidents of corruption, there are still further problems in providing and punishing such behavior (Porter, …show more content…
For example, criminals might offer money and other benefits to police for protection from prosecution. A structural perspective is also useful for understanding variation in corruption and misconduct across different types of policing tasks and police organisation units. Detectives are more likely to engage in process corruption in order to achieve their goal successfully prosecuting suspects. While, temptation to used excessive force often come from patrol officers’ routine encounters with members of the public who are prone to verbally abuse police, split, scratch and throw punches. A structural functional analysis also helps with understanding process corruption and associated miscarriages of justice. For example, a political and community pressure to solve crimes and bring offenders to justice put enormous pressure on police, particularly in relation to more horrendous and shocking crimes such as terrorist attacks, might creates a temptation to cut corners in an investigation by forcing suspects into making confession, and pressuring other persons into making false or misleading witness statement (Prenzler, 2013, p. 55-56). Corruption research has also focused on the occupational culture or sub-culture of policing. The negative aspects of a traditional police culture have their origins in male dominance, and in