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Question: Discuss the difference between on-duty and off-duty misbehavior by police, and distinguish between police corruption and police crime. Article:Abuse of authority involves officers' misuse of the power and authority inherent in their positions. A review of police officer arrests utilizing a database constructed from news reports found that simple assault, drunken driving, and aggravated assault were the most common arrests, but there were also many sex crimes. About 72 percent of officers were convicted. More than 40 percent of the crimes were committed on duty, and nearly 95 percent of the officers charged were men. Of those cases where outcomes are known, only 54 percent of the officers were fired. roughly two-thirds of all the arrests were made by an agency that did not employ the officer (Stinson, Brewer, and Mathna, 2015; Stinson, Liederback, Lab, and Brewer, 2016; Stinson, Todak, and Dodge, 2013). The most serious abuse of authority is when officers decide the law does not apply to them and use force against individuals without just cause as described in the In the News box.arker and Carter (1994) and Fyfe and Kane (2006) discuss police abuse of authority that can be summarized as follows: Physical abuse-excessive force