Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Date of Award
5-2003
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Criminal Justice
First Advisor
Dr. Mark L. Dantzker
Second Advisor
Dr. Rosalva Resendiz
Third Advisor
Dr. Philip A. Ethridge
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to examine contemporary extralegal factors for the causation of drug-specific police corruption, particularly drug trafficking on the US/Mexico Border. Police included only those officers who were commissioned by municipalities. The researcher focused on a particular geographical area of the US border region consisting of a quad-county area, which includes Willacy, Starr, Hidalgo, and Cameron Counties. This region was ideal for its unique demographic composition and location. This is qualitative research based on grounded theory, which consisted of purposive and snowball sampling. There was no hypothesis due to the inductive nature of this research. The sample size for this thesis consists of eight ex-police officers from the various counties mentioned.
Granting Institution
University of Texas-Pan American
Comments
Copyright 2003 John Jacob Rodriguez. All Rights Reserved.
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