An informative look at a very difficult topic! The discretion, authority, and power granted the police to accomplish
their mission offer multiple opportunities for deviance. This revised edition effectively organizes a large amount
of material in order to provide students with a timely and comprehensive review of this disturbing dimension of
police organizations. The authors' analysis of deviance as the product of the organization of the occupation, the
expectations of society, and the perceptions and interpretations of the role of the police are compellingly presented.
A fascinating portrait of the social and organizational factors of the police working environment emerges, providing
students with a broad framework for assessing the police culture and the many forms of police deviance.
Table of Contents
1. The Idea of Police Deviance: Definitions, Perceptions and Concerns
2. A History of Police Deviance: The Forging of an Occupation
3. The Working Environment: Organizing and Structuring Police Deviance
4. Breeding Deviant Conformity: The Ideology and Culture of Police
5. Learning to Deviate: Motive and Justification for Breaking Normative Bonds
6. Police Brutality and Abuse of Authority: Making Sense of the Senseless Beating of Rodney King
7. Police Prejudice and Discrimination: The Investigation of Jeffrey Dahmer
8. Drug-Related Police Deviance: The Buddy Boys Case
9. Varieties of Police Deviance: The District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police
10. Influencing Police Deviance and Corruption: Internal and External Controls
11. Prospects for Controlling Deviance: Forging the Boundaries of Police Behavior
