Police Ethics and Integrity: Breaking the Blue Code of Silence
Police Ethics and Integrity: Breaking the Blue Code of Silence
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警察道德与诚信：打破蓝色沉默守则
DOI：
10.1080/10439460500071721
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发表时间：
2005
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Louise Westmarland
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作者：
Louise Westmarland
这篇文章分析了一项调查的证据，调查的警官被问及他们对警察腐败，不道德行为和轻微违反警察规则的态度。调查显示，大多数参与调查的官员认为，某些行为，如涉及获取货物或金钱的行为，比涉及非法暴行或为保护同事免受刑事诉讼而歪曲规则的行为要恶劣得多。它还显示，对调查作出回应的官员相对不愿意报告同事的不道德行为，除非有某种贪婪的动机或预测的结果。总体而言，研究结果支持存在的文化“蓝色代码”和“肮脏的哈利”信仰系统周围的警察规则弯曲，但也提供了一个小样本（n=275），点进一步调查的价值初步研究。
This article analyzes evidence from a survey of police officers who were asked about their attitudes towards police corruption, unethical behaviour and minor infringements of police rules. It reveals that most of the officers who took part in the study regard certain actions, such as those involving the acquisition of goods or money, as much worse than behaviour involving illegal brutality or bending of the rules in order to protect colleagues from criminal proceedings. It also reveals that officers who responded to the survey are relatively unwilling to report unethical behaviour by colleagues unless there is some sort of acquisitive motive or outcome predicted. Overall the findings support the existence of cultural “blue code” and “Dirty Harry” beliefs systems surrounding police rule bending, but also provide an initial study of a small sample (n=275) that point to the value of further investigation.