PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - FL McCafferty
AU  - MA McCafferty
TI  - Corruption in law enforcement: a paradigm of occupational stress and deviancy
DP  - 1998 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 57--65
VI  - 26
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/26/1/57.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/26/1/57.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1998 Mar 01; 26
AB  - In the closed society of a law enforcement agency, factors such as the conspiracy of silence, authoritarian supervision, and police discretion contribute to corruption. This article describes various types of corrupt behavior by police officers, reports the incidence of corruption in law enforcement agencies, discusses psychiatric conditions that may arise from corruption and also contribute to further corruption, and reviews proposed remedies for corruption. It also suggests that an understanding of corruption in law enforcement might be helpful in understanding, correcting, and preventing corruption in other professions, including medicine.