The "Blue Code of Silence" is a normative subcultural construct within law enforcement that prohibits officers from reporting colleagues' misconduct, thereby perpetuating organizational impunity through unwritten rules of loyalty and solidarity.
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Corruption and the Blue Code of Silence
Jerome H. Skolnick · Police Practice and Research · 2002 · 197 citations
Police Ethics and Integrity: Breaking the Blue Code of Silence
Louise Westmarland · Policing & Society · 2005 · 189 citations
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The Open University
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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3 publications
273 citations
New York Law School
New York, United States
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1 publications
197 citations
Open Knowledge (United Kingdom)
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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189 citations
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
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10 citations
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- International Journal of Police Science & Management
2 publications · 69 citations
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PPR · 1 publications · 197 citations
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- Policing & Society
1 publications · 189 citations
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- Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice
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