
%0 Journal Article
%T Why Do Good Cops Defend Bad Cops?
%J International economic review
%D 2004
%A Benoît, Jean‐Pierre
%A Dubra, Juan
%V 45
%N 3
%P 787-809
%X Policemen are known to support colleagues who are the subject of criminal investigations. Although we might expect guilty officers to defend each other, why do (otherwise) 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.<p />
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0020-6598
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0020-6598.2004.00287.x