"Forces of Deviance" The book "Forces of Deviance: Understanding the Dark Side of Policing," by Victor Kappeler, shows several incidents and examples of police deviance. I've picked three chapters to summarize that I've picked by interest and importance to help show and understand what police deviance is. I picked chapter 1, "The Idea of Police Deviance: Definitions, Perceptions, and Concerns" because I felt it was an important chapter in understanding police deviance, which lays out the …
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…There was an underrepresentation of minority personnel in the MPD. Evidence was presented suggesting that the MPD discriminated internally and externally on the basis of race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, age, and social class. MPD officers often aggravated already tense situations with citizens by their use of insensitive, or outright offensive, remarks. Women and people of color who were working in the MPD revealed that they were treated differently than other members of the department.