Assess the relevant research findings, and limitations of, using citizen complaints as a measure of police misconduct.
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The findings of studies that examined police misconduct from a citizen’s complaint perspective have offered a number of significant insights. First, that a small number of officers responsible for large number of complaints. Next, inexperienced, young, and male officers account for the most complaints, while officers with a college degree generally receive less complaints. Finally, more productive officers tend to have more complaints filed against them. While these findings are insightful, they are not without their limitations. For one, complaints are limited to what citizens see or experience. Complaints are also fairly uncommon and are largely reliant on the ease of the complaint process. In addition, complaints may relate to perceptions of misconduct and not actual misconduct.
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