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Police Misconduct in Brooklyn

Documenting, Understanding and Preventing

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Authors:
  1. Brian A. Maule

    1. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology (BRIEFSCRIMINOL)

Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Policing (BRIEFSPOLICI)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Documenting Police Misconduct

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Brian A. Maule
      Pages 3-7

    3. What is Police Misconduct

      • Brian A. Maule
      Pages 9-12

    4. Police Misconduct in Brooklyn, New York

      • Brian A. Maule
      Pages 13-18

  3. Understanding Police Misconduct

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. What the Data Shows

      • Brian A. Maule
      Pages 21-25

    3. Understanding the Findings

      • Brian A. Maule
      Pages 27-32

  4. Preventing Police Misconduct

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Regulatory, Legislative, and Judicial Measures

      • Brian A. Maule
      Pages 35-40

    3. Recruitment, Training, Accountability and Transparency

      • Brian A. Maule
      Pages 41-50

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 51-59
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About this book

This Brief explores police misconduct, through the lens of a 5-year study of civil liability cases against the New York Police Department in Kings County (Brooklyn), New York. The confluence of police misconduct and civil liability is an issue of growing concern for many communities throughout the United States. One measure of the severity of these concerns is the increase in the number of lawsuits alleging police misconduct and the civil liability resulting from these lawsuits.


Using Brooklyn, New York as a case study, the author of this Brief uses lawsuits that resulted in a settlement or jury award, over a five-year period, as its measure of police misconduct. Police misconduct has many tangible and intangible consequences for a community, such as violations of the law, police brutality, social consequences, and long-term public trust of the police.  On a very practical level, as the author demonstrates, the up-front financial costs of prevention, training, and support to curb police misconduct are less expensive than the costs of civil liability payments for lawsuits. 


This perspective creates a strong argument for policymakers for enhancing police training and police misconduct prevention programs. This work will be of interest to researchers in police studies, as well sociology and public policy. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA

    Brian A. Maule

About the author

Brian A. Maule is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at John Jay College in New York City. He holds two Master degrees and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice. His research and prior publications are in the areas of policing, race and crime, and terrorism.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Police Misconduct in Brooklyn

  • Book Subtitle: Documenting, Understanding and Preventing

  • Authors: Brian A. Maule

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Criminology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66814-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66813-0Published: 16 November 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66814-7Published: 03 November 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2192-8533

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-8541

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 59

  • Topics: Policing, Urban Studies/Sociology

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