Ethnicity and Police Corruption
Police corruption refers to an immoral, unethical, or illegal act in the part of a law enforcement officer for the benefit of the officer’s own personal gain. These acts may include accepting or demanding bribes, abuse of power or authority, concealing criminal evidence, facilitating or encouraging criminal activity, violation of human rights, sexual coercion or misconduct, or ethnic and racial discrimination. Weitzer and Tuch (2004) conducted a study on the perceptions of police misconduct, including corruption, by different ethnic groups. For each type of misconduct analyzed, African-Americans were more likely to have negative views of the police, with whites ...
