There are four main theories for the explanation of police corruption; the rotten apple theory, the deviant subculture theory, the opportunity theory and the social structure theory. The rotten apple theory states that rotten apples are weak individuals who have slipped through the screening process or deviant individuals who continue their deviance in an environment that gives them more opportunity. The basis of the rotten apple theory is a few morally week individual’s presence corrupts everyone else. The rotten apple theory is most popular with police officers and administrators because it blames the whole affair on one highly unethical person, hence a bad apple. The rotten apple theory minimizes the public's negative re Read More
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