Despite the relatively severe magnitude of police corruption in Thailand, no study of officers' attitudes toward misconduct has been implemented. Using data from a survey of Thai police cadets, the current study examines how they perceive the seriousness of misconduct. Also, the current methodology allows cross-nation comparison with regard to relative rank in the tolerance to misconduct. The findings indicate that, although the order of the tolerance ranks is similar across nations, the absolute level of tolerance among Thai police cadets is higher than in other countries for most of the misconduct scenarios. Discussion on the limitations of the study and policy implications follows.
BarkerT.WellsR. O. (1982). Police administrators' attitudes toward definition and control of police deviance. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
2.
ChappellA. T.PiqueroA. R. (2004). Applying social learning theory to police misconduct. Deviant Behavior, 25, 89–108.
3.
EkenvallB. (2003). Police attitudes towards fellow officers' misconduct: The Swedish case and a comparison with the USA and Croatia. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, 3, 210–232.
4.
HolzmanH. (1980). Organizational and professional cynicism among police. (Unpublished PhD dissertation.) St. John's University, New York.
5.
HubertsL.LambooT.PunchM. (2003). Police integrity in the Netherlands and the United States: Awareness and alertness. Police Practice and Research, 4, 217–232.
JohnsonD. T. (2003). Above the law? Police integrity in Japan. Social Science Japan Journal, 6, 19–37.
8.
KlockarsC. B.IvkovicS. KutnjakHarverW. E.HaberfeldM. R. (2000). The measurement of police integrity. National Institute of Justice: Research in Brief. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
9.
Knapp Commission. (1974). Knapp Commission report on police corruption. New York: George Braziller.
10.
IvkovicS. Kutnjak (2004). Evaluating the seriousness of police misconduct: A cross-cultural comparison of police officer and citizen views. International Criminal Justice Review, 14, 25–48.
11.
IvkovicS. Kutnjak (2005). Police (mis)behavior: A cross-cultural study of corruption seriousness. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 28, 546–566.
12.
IvkovicS. KutnjakPagonM.KlockarsC. B.LobnikarB. (2002). A comparative view of public perceptions of police corruption. In PagonM. (Ed.). Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Deviance, Violence, and Victimization (pp. 297–310). Ljubljana, Slovenia: College of Police and Security Studies.
13.
LeeJ.ZhangY.HooverL. (2013). Profiling weapon use in domestic violence: Multilevel analysis of situational and neighborhood factors. Victims & Offenders, 8, 164–184.
14.
LerschK. M. (2002). Policing and misconduct. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
15.
MartinC. (1994). Illinois municipal officers' perceptions of police ethics. Chicago, IL: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.
16.
MisnerG. E. (1975). The organization and social setting of police corruption. Police Journal, 48, 45–51.
17.
MurphyP. V. (1973). Police corruption. Police Chief, 40, 36–37.
18.
NiederhofferA. (1967). Behind the shield: The police in urban society. New York: Anchor Books.
19.
PagonM.IvkovicS. KutnjakLobnikarB. (2000). Police integrity and attitudes toward police corruption: A comparison between the police and the public. In PagonM. (Ed.), Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Ethics, integrity, and human rights (pp. 383–396. Ljubljana, Slovenia: College of Police and Security Studies.
20.
PalmiottoM. J. (2001). Police misconduct: A reader for the 21st century. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
21.
PunchM. (2009). Police corruption: Deviance, accountability and reform in policing. Portland, OR: Willan.
22.
RoebuckJ. B.BarkerT. (1973). An empirical typology of police corruption: A study in organizational deviance. Springfield, IL.: Charles C. Thomas.
23.
RossD. L. (2003). Book review essay: Readings on police misconduct and police ethics. Criminal Justice Review, 8, 382–395.
24.
RuizJ.LeeJ. (2009). Revisiting Louisiana drug interdiction: Drug profiling in the Louisiana justice system. International Journal of Police Science and Management, 11, 236–250.
25.
ShermanL. (1974). Police corruption. New York, NY: Anchor.
VitoG. F. W.ScottH. G. E.WalshW. F. (2011). Police integrity: Rankings of scenarios on the Klockars scale by management cops. Criminal Justice Review, 36, 152–164.
29.
VollmerA. (1936). The police and modern society. Berkley: University of California Press.
30.
WilsonJ. Q. (1963). The police and their problems: A theory. Public Policy, 12, 189–216.
