Police Misconduct: Mapping its location, seriousness and theoretical underpinning

Brian Moss

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Abstract

This article draws attention to the geography of police officer misconduct. The basis for doing so rests in the uneven manner by which police officers have been found to view areas, target inhabitants as crime suspects, treat them when victims of crime and interact with them relative to other areas (Sun et al., 2008; Rossler and Terrill, 2012). Such areas have tended to be characterized by high deprivation and low social capital (Loftus, 2012) and have given rise to numerous complaints, particularly concerning the use of excessive force by police officers (Lersch, 1998). The value of understanding police officer misconduct geography, meanwhile, rests in ensuring good policing and its legitimacy over time.

Publisher Statement: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice following peer review. The version of record Moss, B 2017, 'Police Misconduct: Mapping its location, seriousness and theoretical underpinning' Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. , vol (in press), pp. (in press) is available online at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/police/pax077
LanguageEnglish
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JournalPolicing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.
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Early online date24 Oct 2017
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Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 24 Oct 2017

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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice following peer review. The version of record Moss, B 2017, 'Police Misconduct: Mapping its location, seriousness and theoretical underpinning' Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. , vol (in press), pp. (in press) is available online at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/police/pax077

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  • police
  • misconduct
  • geography

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Police Misconduct : Mapping its location, seriousness and theoretical underpinning. / Moss, Brian.

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Moss, B 2017, 'Police Misconduct: Mapping its location, seriousness and theoretical underpinning', Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. , vol. (in press), pp. (in press). https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pax077
Moss B. Police Misconduct: Mapping its location, seriousness and theoretical underpinning. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. . 2017 Oct 24;(in press):(in press). https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pax077
Moss, Brian. / Police Misconduct : Mapping its location, seriousness and theoretical underpinning. In: Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. . 2017 ; Vol. (in press). pp. (in press).
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