Police ethics and integrity: Keeping the ‘blue code’ of silence

This paper examines attitudes towards police ethics and integrity using the responses of police officers and support staff to some ethical dilemmas via an online questionnaire. The aim of the study was to explore potential connections between respondents’ beliefs about the seriousness or type of mis...

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1. VerfasserIn: Conway, Steve (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Westmarland, Louise
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2020
In:Jahr: 2020
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