Self-control and the police code of silence: Examining the unwillingness to report fellow officers' misbehavior among a multi-agency sample of police recruits

Christopher M. Donner, Jon Maskaly and Kanani N. Thompson

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2018, vol. 56, issue C, 11-19

Abstract: Research has established that low self-control is significantly related to harmful police behavior, but no study, of which we are aware, has investigated the relationship between self-control and adherence to the police code of silence.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.10.002

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