Who Guards the Guards? Understanding Deviance and Corruption of Law Enforcement Officials

• Main Author: Ercan BALCIOĞLU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gaziantep University 2015-12-01
• Series: Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
• Subjects: Kriminoloji; Polislik; Polis Suçları; Polis Etiği; Suç Önleme; Yolsuzluk; Criminology; Policing; Police Crimes; Police Ethics; Crime Prevention; Corruption
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24223/256770?publisher=gantep

Law enforcement officials must be honest in performing both their judicial and administrative responsibilities and duties within the criminal justice system to maintain public tranquility, social trust and order, and securing the justice. There are, however, different kinds phenomena in which several kinds of deviance from acceptable norms of behavior is existing among the law enforcement professionals. Studies dealing with deviance of law enforcement officials have been limited in the Turkish context. This study, first, categorize the kinds of deviant behavior among the law enforcement officials as pointed out by numerous scientific studies. Etiology of these types of behavior, than, is examined based on the existing literature. First of all, as a kind of white collar crime which observing among deviant behavior of police personal will be categorized according to international literature. Finally, this study brings the general consensus on the preventive measures as applied in several countries on law enforcement officials’ deviant behaviors to the attention of the Turkish reader