Complexities of Police Corruption Gender, Identity, and Misconduct

Too often, gendered study means looking at women. This pathbreaking work on police corruption incorporates insights from masculinities studies and cultural criminology to show that corruption is a gendered activity that is intertwined with hegemonic masculinity. Marilyn Corsianos adds immeasurably to the study of policing through her demonstration that police culture and the media shape police hypermasculinity. Her suggestions that the Community Policing Model can reduce both patriarchal influence and corruption are especially provocative. -- Martin D. Schwartz, George Washington University Corsianos tackles police corruption and misconduct through a number of lenses, including the one that has been most necessary and ignored, the role of masculinity. -- Joanne Belknap, University of Colorado