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ROMANIAN AND AMERICAN POLICE OFFICERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR (English version)

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  • VIVIANA ANDREESCU

    (Dept. of Justice Administration, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA)

  • DEBORAH G. KEELING

    (Department of Justice Administration, University of Louisville)

  • GENNARO F. VITO

    (Department of Justice Administration, University of Louisville)

  • MARIA CRISTINA VOINIC

    (Academia de Poliţie „A. I. Cuza”, Bucharest, Romania)

Abstract

This exploratory comparative study compares how police officers belonging to two different cultures regard various types of police corruption, how severely they think transgressions should be punished, and how willing they are to report infractions. In order to measure police integrity and to identify the potential for police misconduct we applied the methodology developed in the United States by C.B. Klockars and his colleagues. The present quantitative analysis is based on survey data obtained from two convenience samples, consisting of American police officers who recently attended the Administrative Officer's course at the Southern Police Institute in the United States and Romanian police officers enrolled in or graduates of the Master's program at the Romanian Police Academy). Even if a potential for unethical behavior was detected in both groups under study, results show that Romanian police officers appear to have a higher level of tolerance toward police misconduct than their American counterparts.

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  • Viviana Andreescu & Deborah G. Keeling & Gennaro F. Vito & Maria Cristina Voinic, 2012. "ROMANIAN AND AMERICAN POLICE OFFICERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR (English version)," Revista Romana de Sociologie, Revista Romana de Sociologie - actualizata si mentinuta de Editura Lumen/ Romanian Journal of Sociology, vol. 3, pages 185-207.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:rev19g:v:3-4:y:2012:i::p:185-207
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    Keywords

    police corruption; police integrity; code of silence; Romanian police; American police;
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    JEL classification:

    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate

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