RT Article
T1 Police ethics and integrity: can a new code overturn the blue code?
JF Policing and society
VO 28
IS 7
SP 854
OP 870
A1 Westmarland, Louise
A2 Rowe, Michael 1967-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1845604709
AB This paper analyses police officer perspectives on the seriousness of potential misconduct or unethical behaviour, and the factors that might shape whether they would report their colleagues’ misdemeanours. It compares responses from police officers in UK three forces, looking at potentially corrupt behaviours described in a series of scenarios. The discussion includes why some types of misdemeanour seem more likely to be reported and the potential effects of a newly introduced formal Code of Ethics. In terms of differences between ranks and roles, and different responses from different services, the study suggests that the way police culture operates is significant and needs to be more widely addressed. The study used scenario-based questionnaires to elicit views about the seriousness of certain police behaviours and to ask whether officers would report colleagues’ misdemeanours. It develops a previous survey by one of the authors which conducted a similar survey published in 2005. Using the same questionnaire the new study examined a larger and more diverse sample of serving officers (n = 520). This new study compares responses from police officers in three UK forces, geographically distributed across the country and have differing characteristics in terms of size, rurality, population density and policing priorities.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 869 -870
K1 Ethics and integrity
K1 Police Culture
K1 blue code of silence
K1 code of ethics
K1 college of policing
DO 10.1080/10439463.2016.1262365