The noble cause: An empirical assessment

Crank, John P.; Flaherty, Dan; Giacomazzi, Andrew L.

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.11.019

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“…Within the literature this type of behaviour and reasoning is called noble cause corruption, where officers engage in corrupt activities to ensure a conviction for the greater good (Punch, 2000). It supports previous research in suggesting that noble cause corruption is a common type of corruption among corrupt police officers (Caldero & Crank, 2011;Cooper, 2011;Crank et al, 2007;Sen, 2007 In summary, an analysis of the transcripts revealed that the subculture in Manly, specifically the Brotherhood, impacted officers' decisions to engage and continue to participate in corrupt practices. Senior and fellow officers played an active role in socialising new officers into the Manly culture and ultimately the corruption network.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Put simply, it is getting bad guys off the street" (Caldero & Crank, 2004, p. 29). Noble cause corruption is distinct from other forms of police corruption as it assumes an altruistic motive rather than one that is egocentric (Cooper, 2011;Crank & Caldero, 2000;Crank, Flaherty, & Giacomazzi, 2007;DeLattre, 2006;Kleinig, 2002;Muir, 1977). Unlike monetary corruption, noble cause corruption is often perceived as a positive act by the perpetrators and is seen to benefit society as a whole.…”

Section: The Noble Causementioning

confidence: 99%

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Dark networks : criminal collaboration in Australian police forces

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Police corruption networks, hidden within the police organisation, rely on a core set of relationships reinforced by an embedded police culture of exclusivity and silence. The opaque nature of these networks, coupled with the norms that support the hidden goals and agendas of corrupt police officers, provides a firm foundation for corruption to prosper and flourish.Previous research has demonstrated that police corruption cannot be explained by a few 'bad apples', instead prior studies show that corrupt police officers collaborate and collude together to operate effectively and remain hidden within the broader police organisation (Fitzgerald, 1989;Lauchs, Keast, & Chamberlain, 2012;Lauchs, Keast, & Le, 2011;Lauchs, Keast, & Yousefpour, 2011;Wood, 1997). Additionally, more recent studies have demonstrated that corrupt officers operate within a network structure (i.e., an established pattern of relationships and exchanges), which allows officers to gain access to new resources, capabilities, opportunities and connections not readily available if these officers engaged in corrupt behaviour in isolation Lauchs, Keast, & Yousefpour, 2011;Lauchs & Staines, 2012). As a consequence of this collaboration, secrecy, loyalty, trust and reputation are significant elements that bond officers together, allowing them to operate covertly. Accordingly, because of this gap in the literature, the current research aimed to investigate why police officers engage in corruption, the role of trust in facilitating and bonding officers together to allow them to participate in large-scale or serious corruption, and the network structures that result from these relationships.Given the intent of the study is to investigate the complexities and characteristics of police corruption, a single embedded case study design was chosen to present a unique and focused investigation around this phenomenon. Documentary and social network analysis were used to examine the structures of these networks, as well as to provide an in-depth investigation of the factors that aid the operation of these police corruption networks. The overall findings of the study reveal that officers collaborated and operated under a network structure reinforced by a subculture of unwritten rules, codes and acceptance by senior officers. This network was found to be dynamic, shifting in structure, membership and activity, but remained highly clustered and cohesive around a few core actors in the network. Additionally, the corruption network operated on relationships based on collaborations of trust. Officers used trustworthiness attributes, personal experience and third party information to assess whether a fellow officer was trustworthy enough to be a member of the corruption network, which resulted in a 3 'pipeline' of trust. This pipeline of trust was essential for the development and daily functioning of the network, because it allowed members involved to operate with more confidence knowing that fellow members could be trusted to keep the corrupt activities hidden.A...

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Dark networks : criminal collaboration in Australian police forces

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“…noble cause), а који се у пракси углавном своди на заштиту сигурности грађана или сузбијање конкретног злочина (вид. Crank, Flaherty, Giacomazzi, 2007;Kesić, 2017).…”

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Concept of 'police violence'

Kesić¹

2018

Zb Pravnog fak Niš

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“…Waar deze studies een belangrijk -en zorgwekkend -licht schijnen op de toenemende criminalisering van 'anderen' en op allerhande vooroordelen over groepen minderheden, is het belangrijk om in te zien dat het proces van crimmigratie hierdoor slechts deels verklaard kan worden. Deze ruimte voor ongelijke toepassingen van het recht is immers inherent aan het bestaan van discretionaire bevoegdheden en daarmee niet uniek voor het proces van crimmigratie (Crank, Flaherty & Giacomazzi 2007;Van Halderen & Lasthuizen 2013). Het proces van crimmigratie omvat meer dan discrimineren of oneigenlijk selecteren, het ziet op een andere wijze van denken over de wijze waarop criminaliteit en immigratie als maatschappelijke problemen aangepakt moeten worden.…”

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Over crimmigratie en discretionair beslissen binnen het Mobiel Toezicht Veiligheid … of Vreemdelingen … of Veiligheid?

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Brouwer³

2015

Tijdschrift Voor Veiligheid

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Discretionair beslissen binnen de (rechts)handhavingAls gevolg van incidenten, klachten, buitenlandse voorbeelden, de ophef rondom 'zwarte piet' en in het bijzonder door de rapporten van Amnesty International Nederland (2013) en het Engelse Open Society Justice Initiative (2013) is in Nederland sinds eind 2013 het debat over discriminatie en selectiviteit in alle hevigheid losgebarsten. Ook recente gebeurtenissen in de Verenigde Staten, in het bijzonder in Ferguson en New York, waarbij zwarte Amerikanen door politiegeweld zijn omgekomen, hebben de Nederlandse discussies over het fenomeen wat bekend is komen te staan als etnisch profileren beïnvloed. Binnen deze discussies is de gedachte dat de politie zich in haar handelen zou laten leiden door (ongefundeerde) aannames dat vooral bepaalde groepen migranten veel criminaliteit veroorzaken en om die reden dus extra aandacht behoeven. Zij zouden als gevolg hiervan bevooroordeeld optreden en daarmee, zoals het model van procedurele rechtvaardigheid helder maakt, groepen burgers van zich vervreemden, met desastreuze gevolgen voor de gepercipieerde legitimiteit van de (rechts)hand-* De auteurs bedanken graag het Leids Universiteits Fonds en de Gratama Stichting voor hun financiële bijdrage aan het aan dit artikel ten grondslag liggende onderzoek.

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The noble cause: An empirical assessment

Cited by 43 publications

References 11 publications

Dark networks : criminal collaboration in Australian police forces

Dark networks : criminal collaboration in Australian police forces

Concept of 'police violence'

Over crimmigratie en discretionair beslissen binnen het Mobiel Toezicht Veiligheid … of Vreemdelingen … of Veiligheid?

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