ABSTRACT
Introduction .......................................................................................................... 64 Methods and Data ................................................................................................ 66 Results of the Research ........................................................................................ 68
Overview of the Results on the Entire Sample............................................. 68 Respondents’ Evaluation of the Frequency of Application of Reactive and Proactive Measures in the Control of Corruption in the Police of Their Countries ........................................................................................... 72 Respondents’ Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Reactive and Proactive Measures in the Control of the Corruption in the Police ... 78
Discussion ............................................................................................................. 85 Conclusions ........................................................................................................... 90 References ...............................................................................................................91
The consequences of police corruption are different and very huge. Police corruption undermines the legitimacy of police organization and police effectiveness (Bayley and Perito, 2011, p. 5; Punch, 2000, p. 301) and causes a decline in public support for police, loss of trust in the rule of law, and general mistrust of the police organization at large (Jenks, Johnson, and Matthews, 2012, p. 4; Kutnjak Ivković, 2009, p. 777; Sellbom, Fischler, and Ben-Porath, 2007, p. 985; Tankebe, 2010, p. 297; Weitzer, 2002). Corruption destroys the fundamental values of human dignity and political equality, making it impossible to exercise most other human rights. When corruption is widespread, people do not have access to justice, are not secure, and cannot protect their livelihoods (Kolthoff, 2010, p. 7). The problem is that small police corruption and abuses of office may later lead to greater corruption and abuses of office (Moran, 2005, p. 74). Corruption is a “virus capable of crippling government, discrediting public institutions and having a devastating impact on the human rights of populations, and thus undermining society and its development” (Fijnaut and Huberts, 2002, p. 15).
