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Internal Investigations for Law Enforcement

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Authors:
  1. Rainer Kroll

    1. Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, USA

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  • Provides a concise methodology for conducting investigations into law enforcement
  • Discusses various types of allegations, and the appropriate actions for pursuing each investigation
  • Examines the theory and history behind police culture and deviance, and behind internal affairs investigations

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 (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Rainer Kroll
    Pages 1-2

  3. Internal Investigations Context

    • Rainer Kroll
    Pages 3-6

  4. Politics Behind Internal Investigations

    • Rainer Kroll
    Pages 7-9

  5. Supervisor’s Role in Internal Investigations

    • Rainer Kroll
    Pages 11-15

  6. Investigative Perspective; Organizational, Cultural Behavior

    • Rainer Kroll
    Pages 17-20

  7. A Continuum of Incident Classifications

    • Rainer Kroll
    Pages 21-31

  8. Interviewing the Subject

    • Rainer Kroll
    Pages 33-34

  9. Occupational Crimes Specific to the Role of Police Officers-Introduction

    • Rainer Kroll
    Pages 35-56

  10. Lessons Learned

    • Rainer Kroll
    Pages 57-63

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 65-68
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About this book

This concise volume provides a methodology for conducting investigations into allegations against law-enforcement officers. 

It takes into account the history of police culture, misconduct, and internal affairs investigations. Identifying three types of cases - administrative and rules violations, misconduct allegations, and crimes and corruption - this brief provides steps for the initial investigation, evidence retrieval, review of the investigation, and further considerations. 

Appropriate for students of criminal justice and law enforcement officers and researchers, this unique volume is a practical overview of common issues in and approaches to police misconduct.

  • Provides a concise methodology for conducting investigations into law enforcement, outlining steps to take after receiving an allegation against an officer;
  • Discusses various types of allegations, and the appropriate actions for pursuing each investigation;
  • Examines the theory and history behind police culture and deviance, and behind internal affairs investigations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, USA

    Rainer Kroll

About the author

Dr. Kroll retired as a lieutenant from the New York City Police Department in 2018, after 35 years of service. He received his Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Criminal Justice from the City University of New York, Graduate Center, and an MA in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.  Professor Kroll joined the Division of Criminal Justice and Law Administration, Western Connecticut State University, in 2018. He has 17.5 years service in the New York Army National Guard as a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer, performing duties as an instructor and training site operations manager.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Internal Investigations for Law Enforcement

  • Authors: Rainer Kroll

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Criminology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21527-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-21526-1Published: 14 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-21527-8Published: 13 December 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2192-8533

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-8541

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 68

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Policing

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