Rotten Apple Corruption

Author(s)

James A. Brecher, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Publication Title

Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics

ISSN

ISBN: 9781452274119

Publication Date

1-2014

Abstract

Rotten apple theory is an individualistic perspective of police corruption that views police deviance as the work of isolated individuals (“rotten apples”) who evade detection during the screening and selection process. Once inside a police agency rotten apples prey on...

Volume

2

First Page

817

Last Page

819

NSUWorks Citation

Brecher, J. A. (2014). Rotten Apple Corruption. Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics, 2, 817-819. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_facarticles/507