Police Code of Silence in Times of Change

1. The pressing need to study the code of silence.- 2. Code of silence and the theory of police integrity.- 3. Code of silence and police self-legitimacy.- 4. Code of silence and the police organization.- 5. Code of silence and the society at large.- 6. Lessons learned.

Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic is Professor at the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University and the Chair of the American Society of Criminology International Division. She holds a doctorate degree in criminology (Ph.D., University of Delaware) and a doctorate degree in law (S.J.D., Harvard University). Dr. Kutnjak Ivkovic received the 2017 Mueller Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Criminal Justice, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section. Prof. Kutnjak Ivkovic has authored/co-authored five books: Police Integrity in South Africa (2020; with Sauerman, A., Faull, A., Meyer, M., and G. Newham, Routledge); Reclaiming Justice. (2011; with John Hagan, Oxford University Press); Enhancing Police Integrity (2006; with Klockars, C. B., and M. R. Haberfeld; Springer); Fallen Blue Knights: Controlling Police Corruption (2005; Oxford University Press); and Lay Participation in Criminal Trials: The Case of Croatia (1999; Austin & Winfield Publishers). She has also co-edited four books: Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts: A Global Perspective (2020; with Diamond, S.S., Hans, V. P., and N. S. Marder, Cambridge University Press); Exploring Police Integrity: Novel Approaches to Police Integrity Theory and Methodology (2019; with M. R. Haberfeld, Springer); Police Integrity across the World (2015; with M. R. Haberfeld, Springer); The Contours of Police Integrity (2004; with Carl B. Klockars and M. R. Haberfeld, Sage). Her book Reclaiming Justice. (2011; with John Hagan) won the 2014 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section Book Award and was the Finalist at the 2011 American Society of Criminology International Division Book Award. Prof. Kutnjak Ivkovic has also authored/co-authored over 50 journal articles and 50 book chapters. Her work has appeared in leading academic and law journals such as the Law and Society Review; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; Criminology and Public Policy; Law and Policy;