CRIM 3655 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Police Accountability, Misfeasance, Melford Stevenson
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Tuesday september 30, 2014: crime committed by those in office *e. g. mens rea and actus rea, there are corrupt cops, but police deserve attention because they have a legal and. Police deviance legitimate monopoly over violence: police abuse their authority, people having access to their weapons could be dangerous, look at the machinary in place; how it is fixed. Most of us think of them as corrupt cops as criminal gangs; hang the officer and blame the psychology of the officer the bad apple; of course they are corrupt. There"s a personal benefit sometimes; however there are no personal benefits because it is a crime. Police officers commit crime and we ask is it for personal gain or a lust for power. Most crimes committed by the police are committed because it is required from their job; it"s the norm it"s the situation that requires it. The police officer is not only encouraged but required to break the law.
