BENT COPPERS
A Survey of Police Corruption

 

Written by James Morton
396 pages
Published by Warner Books
ISBN 0 7515 0950 7

 

Since the days of the Bow Street Runners, allegations of brutality, bribery and underhand dealing among police officers has been a constant reminder that criminal activity is not restricted to the criminal fraternity. Given their positions of power, and the diversity inherent in human nature, it is perhaps inevitable that there should be occasions when policemen and women are themselves guilty of the very offences they are trying to prevent.

 

Bent Coppers is the first study of police corruption in all its forms in the United Kingdom. The author traces the history of criminal activity within the force from its earliest days, thoroughly documenting such cases as the sergeant who ran a string of brothels in Manchester and the infamous Soho porn scandal of the early 1970's which led to the conviction of several senior officers.