Why Do Good Cops Defend Bad Cops?

Policemen are known to support colleagues who are the subject of criminal investigations. While we might expect guilty officers to defend each other, why do law-abiding policemen defend those who have broken the law? We investigate under what conditions it is in the interest of a group to defend its "bad" members.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Benoit, J-P. ; Dubra, J.
Institutions:	C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of Economics
Subject:	CORRUPTION \| VOTING \| WALL OF SILENCE \| INFORMATION

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	27 pages
Classification:	D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making ; K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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