Complexities of Police Corruption

Marilyn Corsianos is professor of criminology and sociology at Eastern Michigan University. She is the author of Policing and Gendered Justice, which was named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, and the coeditor of Interrogating Social Justice. She has written numerous articles on policing, power and social inequalities.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Police Corruption: From the Introduction of Formal Policing Systems to TodayChapter 2: Interrogating Police Corruption and the Organization as EnablerChapter 3: TheRole of the Masculinist Police Culture in CorruptionChapter 4: Critical Dilemmas in Police BehaviorChapter 5: Media Constructions of Police CorruptionChapter 6: Increasing Police Accountability through Community PolicingChapter 7: Concluding Remarks

Too often, gendered study means looking at women. This pathbreaking work on police corruption incorporates insights from masculinities studies and cultural criminology to show that corruption is a gendered activity that is intertwined with hegemonic masculinity. Marilyn Corsianos adds immeasurably to the study of policing through her demonstration that police culture and the media shape police hypermasculinity. Her suggestions that the Community Policing Model can reduce both patriarchal influence and corruption are especially provocative.