Location
Sydnor Performance Hall
Access Type
Campus Access Only
Start Date
4-17-2024 1:45 PM
End Date
4-17-2024 2:00 PM
College
Lynchburg College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Criminology
Keywords
police, force, behavior, perpetrator, officers, excessive, corruption
Abstract
Over the course of this study the focus is on corruption and law enforcement officers. The main focus is how serious do police officers think excessive force is when being done by another officer. This will provide insight into if the officers would report this behavior if they knew about it or saw it. This study was conducted by the University of Deleware, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice in 1997. The data was accessed using Icpsr and is maintained by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD). The research is collected by using data gathered by administiring an eleven question survey sent out to thirty separate police agencies around the United States. To collect the data need specifically for this report a Pearson’s Correlation Test was used through the data collection software SPSS. The objective of the findings is to uncover if there is a significance between the police officers feeling about excessive force on the job and if they would report the excessive force of another member of their force. Police officers’ use of excessive force holds practical significance in its impact on public safety and public trust in the police as a whole. Overall, this research contributes to the understanding of corruption in the law enforcement field and its impact on the public.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Joseph Hoft
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Do Police Have a High or Low Tolerance For Corruption
Sydnor Performance Hall
Over the course of this study the focus is on corruption and law enforcement officers. The main focus is how serious do police officers think excessive force is when being done by another officer. This will provide insight into if the officers would report this behavior if they knew about it or saw it. This study was conducted by the University of Deleware, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice in 1997. The data was accessed using Icpsr and is maintained by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD). The research is collected by using data gathered by administiring an eleven question survey sent out to thirty separate police agencies around the United States. To collect the data need specifically for this report a Pearson’s Correlation Test was used through the data collection software SPSS. The objective of the findings is to uncover if there is a significance between the police officers feeling about excessive force on the job and if they would report the excessive force of another member of their force. Police officers’ use of excessive force holds practical significance in its impact on public safety and public trust in the police as a whole. Overall, this research contributes to the understanding of corruption in the law enforcement field and its impact on the public.