The role of this research was to establish a thorough understanding of police corruption. This is different than the literature review in that we want the public opinion on police corruption. The most effective way to find out about the opinions on police corruption was a combination of surveying and interviewing different persons. In addition to surveys and interviews, I used previous research that has been completed, that was found on ICPSR. In order to successfully do this a survey was designed to find out about police corruption. This survey was completely voluntary and confidential. This 15 item questionnaire with 12 Likert scale questionnaire and three demographics was created (Appendix A). Of my 12 item, Likert scale, I picked three
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I contacted my experts either through email or in person. From there, we set times and locations for holding the interview. In addition, before the interviews took place, I sought the experts’ approval to record the interview, to make sure that I had the most accurate information and responses from them. For each of the interviews, I went to the agreed upon location to meet with my experts. Each interview lasted an average 30 minutes. Another source of information was a former study found on ICPSR. The US Department of Justice funded the study Police Corruption in Thirty Agencies in the United States. This study examined police officers’ perception and tolerance for corruption. It investigated corruption from an organizational standpoint.
This study collected data from 30 agencies in the United States, where a police officer liaison at each agency distributed and collected questionnaires from willing participants. They created a Likert scale survey with 11 scenarios with nine of them being generally accepted as corrupt. For each of the scenarios, the officers were asked two questions on the seriousness of the behavior, two about the appropriate and expected discipline for the behavior, and two questions asked officers about their willingness to report the
I contacted my experts either through email or in person. From there, we set times and locations for holding the interview. In addition, before the interviews took place, I sought the experts’ approval to record the interview, to make sure that I had the most accurate information and responses from them. For each of the interviews, I went to the agreed upon location to meet with my experts. Each interview lasted an average 30 minutes. Another source of information was a former study found on ICPSR. The US Department of Justice funded the study Police Corruption in Thirty Agencies in the United States. This study examined police officers’ perception and tolerance for corruption. It investigated corruption from an organizational standpoint.
This study collected data from 30 agencies in the United States, where a police officer liaison at each agency distributed and collected questionnaires from willing participants. They created a Likert scale survey with 11 scenarios with nine of them being generally accepted as corrupt. For each of the scenarios, the officers were asked two questions on the seriousness of the behavior, two about the appropriate and expected discipline for the behavior, and two questions asked officers about their willingness to report the