A small scale replication of Lester and Brink's (1985) study of police misbehavior was recently conducted with a sample of 125 police officers from Southern California. The findings of this study were diametrically opposed to those of Lester and Brink's findings. This study indicates that there does not appear to be a relationship between peer association while off duty and a proclivity for official misconduct. Several reasons are mentioned for possible explanation of the different findings.
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