Intention to report misconduct of the Royal Malaysian Police: Examining perceived offence seriousness, perceived disciplinary fairness and perceived legitimacy

The intention to report misconduct is the inclination of police officers to disclose wrongdoing perpetrated by other officers, whereas the code of silence is an unwritten policy prohibiting officers from reporting the misbehaviour of their colleagues. Hence, officers have the choice either to remain...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Authors: Khan, Norziaton Ismail (Author) ; Aida Hazlin Ismail (Author) ; Musatin, Ratijah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: International journal of police science & management
Year: 2024, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 129-142
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:

MARC

LEADER 00000caa a22000002 4500
001 1881426742
003 DE-627
005 20240223001849.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 240222s2024 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1177/14613557231205988  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1881426742 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1881426742 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 2,1  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Khan, Norziaton Ismail  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Intention to report misconduct of the Royal Malaysian Police: Examining perceived offence seriousness, perceived disciplinary fairness and perceived legitimacy 
264 1 |c 2024 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a The intention to report misconduct is the inclination of police officers to disclose wrongdoing perpetrated by other officers, whereas the code of silence is an unwritten policy prohibiting officers from reporting the misbehaviour of their colleagues. Hence, officers have the choice either to remain silent or to report any misconduct by their colleagues. This article investigates the determinants of the intention to report misconduct by Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) officers from the commercial crime investigation department. Organizational theory is used to form the framework and develop the hypotheses. Three hypotheses are developed concerning the intention to report RMP officer misconduct using three elements: perceived offence seriousness, perceived disciplinary fairness and perceived legitimacy. Face-to-face and online survey questionnaires were used as data collection methods. In total, 170 questionnaires were distributed, and 151 completed questionnaires were useable. The questionnaire contained four scenarios illustrating various forms of misconduct; each contained seven questions measuring police officers’ perception and assessment of their intention to report, perceived seriousness of the offence, perceived disciplinary fairness and other intentions to report. Ordinal logistic regression analysis revealed that perceived offence seriousness and perceived legitimacy had a strong positive relationship with officer intentions to report misconduct. This study has important implications for national and international policymakers to find out how well officers understand their agency's rules on misconduct as well as their opinions about the seriousness of the different types of misconduct, the appropriate discipline for the misconduct and their willingness to report the behaviour. 
650 4 |a Police misconduct 
650 4 |a offence seriousness 
650 4 |a Legitimacy 
650 4 |a Fairness 
650 4 |a Code of silence 
700 0 |a Aida Hazlin Ismail  |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)1170447023  |0 (DE-627)1039282008  |0 (DE-576)512527601  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Musatin, Ratijah  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t International journal of police science & management  |d Dalby : Vathek, 1998  |g 26(2024), 1, Seite 129-142  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)366026046  |w (DE-600)2112649-5  |w (DE-576)273887297  |x 1478-1603  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:26  |g year:2024  |g number:1  |g pages:129-142 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1177/14613557231205988  |x Resolving-System  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
912 |a NOMM 
935 |a mkri 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4490039425 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1881426742 
LOK |0 005 20240222103021 
LOK |0 008 240222||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 035   |a (DE-2619)KrimDok#2024-02-21#A47944A786ED1206A30765EB140E4B9E436283A4 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-2619  |c DE-627  |d DE-2619 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-2619 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a zota 
ORI |a SA-MARC-krimdoka001.raw