Study of Sworn Nonfederal Law Enforcement Officers Arrested in the United States, 2005-2011

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed expect for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) is further information is needed. This collection is composed of archived news articles and court records reporting (n=6,724) on the arrest(s) of law enforcement officers in the United States from 2005-2011. Police crimes are those crimes committed by sworn law enforcement officers given the general powers of arrest at the time the offense was committed. These crimes can occur while the officer is on or off duty and include offenses committed by state, county, municipal, tribal, or special law enforcement agencies.Three distinct but related research questions are addressed in this collection:What is the incidence and prevalence of police officers arrested across the United States? How do law enforcement agencies discipline officers who are arrested?To what degree do police crime arrests correlate with other forms of police misconduct?

本数据集系美国国家犯罪司法数据局（NACJD）快速发布计划的一部分，并按照数据提交者的原始形态进行分发。NACJD已对文件进行压缩以供发布，但除直接标识符的移除外，并未进行核查或处理。用户应参照附带的readme文件，以获取该数据集中可用文件的简要描述，如需更多信息，请咨询调查者。本数据集由存档的新闻报道和法庭记录组成，共计（n=6,724）条，报道了2005-2011年间美国执法官员被逮捕的情况。警察犯罪是指在犯罪行为发生时，身着制服的执法官员所犯的罪行，这些罪行可能发生在官员值班或非值班期间，并包括由州、县、市、部落或特殊执法机构所犯的罪行。本数据集针对三个相互关联但具有区别性的研究问题进行探讨：美国各地警察被逮捕的发生率和普遍率是多少？执法机构如何惩处被逮捕的官员？警察犯罪逮捕与其它形式的警察不当行为之间相关联的程度如何？