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Quispe-Torreblanca, Edika G. and Stewart, Neil (2019) Causal peer effects in police misconduct. Nature Human Behaviour, 3 . pp. 797-807. doi:10.1038/s41562-019-0612-8
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0612-8
Abstract
We estimate causal peer effects in police misconduct using data from about 35,000 officers and staff from London’s Metropolitan Police Service for the period 2011–2014. We use instrumental variable techniques and exploit the variation in peer misconduct that results when officers switch peer groups. We find that a 10% increase in prior peer misconduct increases an officer’s later misconduct by 8%. As the police are empowered to enforce the law and protect individual liberties, integrity and fairness in policing are essential for establishing and maintaining legitimacy and public consent1,2,3,4,5. Understanding the antecedents of misconduct will help to develop interventions that reduce misconduct.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology | |||||||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Police misconduct, Police misconduct -- England -- London, Police-community relations, Police corruption , Police -- Attitudes, Peer pressure | |||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Nature Human Behaviour | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer Nature Group | |||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 2397-3374 | |||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | August 2019 | |||||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 797-807 | |||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41562-019-0612-8 | |||||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | Quispe-Torreblanca, G. and Stewart, Neil (2019) Causal peer effects in police misconduct. Nature Human Behaviour . doi:10.1038/s41562-019-0612-8 (In Press) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0612-8 | |||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||||||||
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