The Touchables: Vice and Police Corruption in the 1980's

Dombrink, John

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“…Police scandals during the last two decades of the twentieth century exposed dramatic cases of drug-related corruption in several major American cities. The scandals arose just as the nation embarked on a high-profile campaign to intensify drug enforcement and the ongoing "war on drugs," an irony that generated both public outrage and appeals to stem the corrosive influence of drugs on street-level policing (Dombrink, 1988). Scandal emerged in Miami (FL) with the criminal indictment of a band of rogue cops dubbed as the "River Gang" who specialized in the shakedown and theft of drug dealers (Sechrest & Burns, 1992).…”

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A study of drug‐related police corruption arrests

Stinson

Liederbach

Brewer

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Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies &Amp; Management

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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A study of drug‐related police corruption arrests

Stinson

Liederbach

Brewer

et al. 2013

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies &Amp; Management

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“…16. See (McCoy, 1972), chapter six for Hong Kong (Dombrink, 1988) and (Carter, 1990) for the USA. However middle management will in all likelihood remain a handy focus of criticism: "in some squads and sections, first line managers are sometimes too close to their team to provide that objective assurance; such close working enhances team effectiveness but can preclude the independence of mind necessary for firm management.…”

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‘Blue walls,’ ‘grey areas’ and ‘cleanups’: Issues in the control of police corruption in England and Wales

Moran

2005

Crime Law Soc Change

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This paper examines issues concerned with police corruption and its control in England and Wales. The topic of defining police corruption is addressed, some current areas of risk are described and anti-corruption strategies, particularly those pursued by the London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), are examined. What appears qualitatively and quantitatively different in the approach of services such as the MPS and Merseyside Police is the use of an adequately resourced, dedicated anti-corruption unit. This strategy has been buttressed by preventative measures involving management/administration and ethics/training. Dedicated units have been controversial, and preventative measures raise questions concerning evaluation. Nevertheless the approach to corruption bears comparison with that adopted by other major police services in other jurisdictions and represents a break with previous and unsuccessful efforts at corruption control in major police forces in England and Wales.

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“…In drug-transit countries, corruption is generally found at the top levels of government and in law enforcement (Nadelmann, 1988, p. 7). In major drug-consumer countries, drug related corruption is generally only found at the law enforcement level, and these cases are few in number (Punch, 2000;Dombrink, 1988).…”

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Drug Related Corruption

Adams¹

2012

TEF

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is a senior majoring in International Studies at the University of North Texas. He places a high premium on scholarship which is reflected in his academic endeavors. He is an active member of the Honors College and has consistently made the Dean's and President's Lists throughout his college career. Mark has traveled widely, from India where he visited Tibetan refugee camps and helped with microfinance projects, to Athens, Greece, where he worked at the United States Embassy for a semester, travelling throughout the country giving presentations. Mark's work with the State Department was featured in a European-wide inter-embassy magazine. Mark also has traveled to central Mexico where he helped build the only church for an impoverished village. While studying at North Central Texas College, he served as the Treasurer and President of Scholarship for his school's Phi Theta Kappa chapter, the international honor society. Upon graduation, Mark plans to attend graduate school in political science at UNT.

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The Touchables: Vice and Police Corruption in the 1980's

Cited by 14 publications

References 2 publications

A study of drug‐related police corruption arrests

A study of drug‐related police corruption arrests

‘Blue walls,’ ‘grey areas’ and ‘cleanups’: Issues in the control of police corruption in England and Wales

Drug Related Corruption

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