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Jammed Up - by Robert J Kane & Michael D White (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Drugs, bribes, falsifying evidence, unjustified force and kickbacks: there are many opportunities for cops to act like criminals.
- About the Author: Robert J. Kane (Author) Robert J. Kane is Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Baltimore.
- 239 Pages
- Social Science, Criminology
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Book Synopsis
Drugs, bribes, falsifying evidence, unjustified force and kickbacks:
there are many opportunities for cops to act like criminals. Jammed Up is the definitive study of the nature and causes of police misconduct. While police departments are notoriously protective of their own--especially personnel and disciplinary information--Michael White and Robert Kane gained unprecedented, complete access to the confidential files of NYPD officers who committed serious offenses, examining the cases of more than 1,500 NYPD officers over a twenty year period that includes a fairly complete cycle of scandal and reform, in the largest, most visible police department in the United States. They explore both the factors that predict officer misconduct, and the police department's responses
Review Quotes
"Jammed Up is a must-read for police scholars and practitioners who want to understand police misconduct and how it impacts officers and organizations. Robert Kane and Michael White brilliantly weave their analysis of bad policing into layers of information that help us understand good policing. This comprehensive volume helps us understand how to investigate police misconduct and how to understand it. It is a complex book that uncovers the dark side of policing but keeps it in its proper context."--Geoffrey P. Alpert, co-author of Policing: Continuity and Change
"Jammed Up provides a lively empirical study of career-ending misconduct in the NYPD from the late 1970s through the 1990s. Interpreted through the lens of criminological theories of deviance and enriched by sketches of police officer miscreants, Jammed Up will be of interest to students, scholars and members of the general public who are curious about the causes of police delinquency."--Jennifer Hunt, author of Seven Shots: An NYPD Raid on a Terrorist Cell and Its Aftermath
"Not only is the book extremely well researched and complete with references and citations of the scientific literature pertaining to police misconduct studies, but the writing style is accessible to a general audience as it uses a character-driven model of police misconduct cases and examples."-- "Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books"
"This inside look at bad cops comes with a powerful corollary that demands further exploration: 'Good policing is not the absence of police misconduct.'"-- "New York Times"
"This study should be of great value to scholars, advanced students, and police practitioners."-- "Choice"
About the Author
Robert J. Kane (Author)Robert J. Kane is Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Baltimore. Michael D. White (Author)
Michael D. White is Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University and the Associate Director of ASU's Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety. He is co-author of Cops, Cameras, and Crisis: The Potential and the Perils of Police Body-Worn Cameras (2020); Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic (2016); and Jammed Up: Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department (2013).