E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption
E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
ISBN: 978-0-231-52698-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Serpico's charges against the NYPD encouraged Mayor John Lindsay to appoint prominent attorney Whitman Knapp to chair a Citizen's Commission on police graft. Overcoming a number of organizational, budgetary, and political hurdles, Chief Counsel Armstrong cobbled together an investigative group of a half-dozen lawyers and a dozen agents. Just when funding was about to run out, the "blue wall of silence" collapsed. A flamboyant "Madame," a corrupt lawyer, and a weasely informant led to a "super thief" cop, who was trapped and "turned" by the Commission. This led to sensational and revelatory hearings, which publicly refuted the notion that departmental corruption was limited to only a "few rotten apples."
In the course of his narrative, Armstrong illuminates police investigative strategy; governmental and departmental political maneuvering; ethical and philosophical issues in law enforcement; the efficacy (or lack thereof) of the police's anticorruption efforts; the effectiveness of the training of police officers; the psychological and emotional pressures that lead to corruption; and the effects of police criminality on individuals and society. He concludes with the effects, in today's world, of Knapp and succeeding investigations into police corruption and the value of permanent outside monitoring bodies, such as the special prosecutor's office, formed in response to the Commission's recommendation, as well as the current monitoring commission, of which Armstrong is chairman.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Korruption
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte
- Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword
1. The Beginning
2. Staffing and Funding
3. Lurching Into Action
4. Gabe
5. Teddy and Xaviera
6. The Great Meat Robbery
7. George
8. Some Rough Spots
9. Leuci
10. Toody and Muldoon
11. Batman and Robin
12. Waverly Logan
13. Super Thief
14. The Freshman
15. Phillips at Work
16. Problems
17. Tank and Slim
18. Phillips
19. The Dynamic Duo—Again
20. The Eve of the Hearings
21. The Public Hearing: Phillips's Testimony
22. The Public Hearings: Droge
23. Serpico
24. Aftermath
25. Phillips—Epilogue
26. Special Prosecutor
27. Reflections
Index