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Policework is a morally dangerous occupation and one of several abuse prone occupations. Police sexual misconduct is but one of many deviant behaviors engaged in by police workers, to include police abuse of authority, police violence, and corruption (Barker in Police Ethics: Crisis in Law Enforcement, Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 2011).

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Barker, T. (2020). Final Thoughts. In: Aggressors in Blue. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28441-1_13

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