Misconduct in office
Here are entered works on criminal offenses committed by government officials in the performance of their duties. Works on offenses against professional ethics or against discipline are entered under names of countries, cities, government departments, etc. with subdivision Officials and employees -- Discipline. Works on specific offenses are entered under the name of the offense, e.g. Bribery. Works on the personal liability of government officials to the state or to individuals for wrongful acts committed in office are entered under Administrative responsibility. Works on the liability of the state for wrongful acts of officials are entered under Government liability.
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Broader term:Narrower terms:- Misconduct in office -- Prevention
- Misconduct in office -- United States
- Government liability
- Police misconduct
- Political corruption
- Malfeasance in office
- Misfeasance in office
- Official misconduct
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Corruption and Anti-Corruption (originally published 2001; this edition c2013), ed. by Peter Larmour and Nick Wolanin (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)
- Corruption and Anti-Corruption (originally published 2001; this edition c2013), ed. by Peter Larmour and Nick Wolanin (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)
- Police Code of Silence in Times of Change (Cham et al.: Springer Open, c2022), by Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Jon Maskaly, Ahmet Kule, and M. R. Haberfeld (PDF and Epub with commentary at SpringerLink)
- Police Code of Silence in Times of Change (Cham et al.: Springer Open, c2022), by Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Jon Maskaly, Ahmet Kule, and M. R. Haberfeld (PDF and Epub with commentary at SpringerLink)
- Corruption and Anti-Corruption (originally published 2001; this edition c2013), ed. by Peter Larmour and Nick Wolanin (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)
- A Quest for Political Integrity (2005), by Coalitia pentru un Parlament Curat (Romania) (PDF in Romania)
- Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on the Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report, Together With Minority Views (Washington: GPO, 2019), by United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (PDF at govinfo.gov)
- The Constitution in Crisis: The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Coverups in the Iraq War (2005), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary Democratic Staff (HTML and PDF files at Wayback Machine)
- The Impeachment Papers: A Compendium of Documents Related to the Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump (2019), ed. by Digital Public Library of America (HTML and Epub at dp.la)
- Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions, Volume I: The Election Case (only volume authorized to date for public release; Washington: US Dept. of Justice, 2025), by Jack Smith
- A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election (redacted public release; 2018), by United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (PDF at justice.gov)
- Nomination of John G. Tower to be Secretary of Defense: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on Nomination of John G. Tower to be Secretary of Defense, January 25, 26, 31; February 1, 23, 1989 (Washington: GPO, 1989), by United States Senate Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
- Narrowing the Nation's Power: The Supreme Court Sides With the States (Berkeley: University of California Press, c2002), by John T. Noonan (frame-dependent HTML with commentary at UC Press)
- Execution's Doorstep: True Stories of the Innocent and Near Damned (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2008), by Leslie Lytle (multiple formats at Northeastern and archive.org)
- Police Brutality: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, March 20 and April 17, 1991 (Washington: GPO, 1992), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
- USA, The World is Watching: Mass Violations by U.S. Police of Black Lives Matter Protesters' Rights (2020), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnestyusa.org)
- Police Brutality: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, March 20 and April 17, 1991 (Washington: GPO, 1992), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
- On the Streets of America: Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson (2014), by Amnesty International (illustrated HTML and PDF at amnestyusa.org)
- Revisiting "Who Is Guarding the Guardians?": A Report on Police Practices and Civil Rights in America (2000), by United States Commission on Civil Rights
- Who Is Guarding the Guardians? A Report on Police Practices (1981), by United States Commission on Civil Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
- Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States, by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML at hrw.org)
- Police Brutality: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, March 20 and April 17, 1991 (Washington: GPO, 1992), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
- Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States, by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML at hrw.org)
- Investigation of the Baltimore City Police Department (2016), by United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division (PDF at justice.gov)
- The Third Degree: A Detailed and Appalling Exposé of Police Brutality (Garden City, NY: Garden City Pub. Co., c1930), by Emanuel Henry Lavine (page images at HathiTrust)
- Police Use of Deadly Force: Hearing Before the Subcommitee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, May 8, 1987 (Washington: GPO, 1989), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
- Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress, and a Plan to Stop It (New York and Boston: Twelve, c2011), by Lawrence Lessig (PDF at lessig.org)
- Failure of the Public Trust, by John H. Clarke, Patrick J. Knowlton, and Hugh Turley (PDF and partial HTML with commentary at fbicover-up.com)
- The Shame of The Cities (New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1904), by Lincoln Steffens (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Struggle for Self-Government: Being an Attempt to Trace American Political Corruption to its Sources in Six States of the United States (New York: McClure, Phillips and Co., 1906), by Lincoln Steffens
- Government Waste Watch (partial serial archives)
- The Truth About Voter Fraud (New York: Brennan Center for Justice, c2007), by Justin Levitt (PDF with commentary at brennancenter.org)
- Report of the President's Special Review Board (Tower Commission Iran-Contra report; Washington: GPO, 1987), by United States President's Special Review Board, contrib. by John G. Tower
- Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters, volume 1: Investigations and Prosecutions, by Lawrence E. Walsh (HTML at fas.org)
- The Final Report of the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, United States Senate: Pursuant to S. Res. 60, February 7, 1973, a Resolution to Establish a Select Committee of the Senate to Investigate and Study Illegal or Improper Campaign Activities in the Presidential Election of 1972 (Washington: GPO, 1974), by United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972, Senate Resolution 60: Watergate and Related Activities (26 volumes, plus index and appendix volumes; Washington: GPO, 1973-1974), by United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Inquiry into the Alleged Involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Watergate and Ellsberg Matters: Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Intelligence of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session (Washington: GPO, 1975), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
- Crime and the Civic Cancer: Graft (1923), by Michael L. McKinley (PDF files with commentary at Northwestern)
- Police Code of Silence in Times of Change (Cham et al.: Springer Open, c2022), by Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Jon Maskaly, Ahmet Kule, and M. R. Haberfeld (PDF and Epub with commentary at SpringerLink)
- The Israeli Army and the Intifada: Policies That Contribute to the Killings (New York: Middle East Watch, 1990), by Eric Goldstein, contrib. by Paul Chevigny and Bell Gale Chevigny (PDF at hrw.org)
- Weaponizing Tear Gas: Bahrain's Unprecedented Use of Toxic Chemical Agents Against Civilians (Cambrige, MA and Washington: Physicians for Human Rights, 2012), by Richard Sollom and Holly Atkinson (PDF with commentary at physiciansforhumanrights.org)
- Crossing the Line: Georgia's Violent Dispersal of Protestors and Raid on Imedi Television (New York: Human Rights Watch, c2007), by Jane Buchanan (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
- Report of the Duffus Commission of Inquiry into the Breakdown of Law and Order, and Police Brutality in Grenada (1975), by Duffus Commission of Inquiry into the Breakdown of Law & Order, and Police Brutality in Grenada (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Nigeria: Renewed Crackdown on Freedom of Expression (New York: Human Rights Watch, 2003), by Carina Tertsakian (HTML with commentary at hrw.org)
- "EuroMaydan": Human Rights Violations During Protests in Ukraine (2013), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
- Police Code of Silence in Times of Change (Cham et al.: Springer Open, c2022), by Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Jon Maskaly, Ahmet Kule, and M. R. Haberfeld (PDF and Epub with commentary at SpringerLink)
- Off Limits: Censorship and Corruption (New York: Human Rights Watch, 1991), by Paul Glickman (PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
- America Strikes Back: A Record of Contrasts (New York: I. Washburn, c1935), by Gustavus Myers (multiple formats at archive.org)
- What's the Matter with New York: A National Problem (New York: Macmillan, 1932), by Norman Thomas and Paul Blanshard
- Corruption as a Last Resort: Adapting to the Market in Central Asia (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c2014), by Kelly M. McMann (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)
- Corruption and Anti-Corruption (originally published 2001; this edition c2013), ed. by Peter Larmour and Nick Wolanin (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)
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