Policing the cops: crime and punishment
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Revelations about evidence planting, false testimony, and other improprieties committed by officers of the Philadelphia Police Dept have caused more than 100 convictions to be overturned since Fall 1995. The Department claims that the corruption problem is restricted to a handful of officers.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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Nice cops, nasty cops
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A community policing project in the Pavao-Cantagalo shanty town in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been successful but is threatened by political pressures. Those who organize the scheme have been accused of being soft on drug traffickers in the shanty towns.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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Killer cops
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Reasons for high levels of deaths caused by police in Jamaica, and efforts to tackle the problem, are examined in detail.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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