explain why this question is significant to discuss Why is peer pressure significant in the first stage of the moral career of a corrupt officer?: The Moral Careers of Individual Officers "moral career" of a police officer With few exceptions, police officers are honest at the outset of their careers. The exceptions are those individuals who have prior histories of criminal activity and who are not rejected during recruitment. The Mollen Commission found that "most corrupt officers start off as honest and idealistic." In fact, "some of the most notoriously corrupt cops in the [New York City] Department were ideal recruits on paper."79 Officers who do become corrupt typically go through a process involving a series of stages that move from lesser to greater tolerance of and/or involvement in corrupt activities. Sherman describes this process as the "moral career" of a police officer.80 The moral career of a corrupt officer begins with relatively minor gratuities. The officer begins to regard free meals as a normal part of the job. Peer pressure is extremely important in this first stage. The new officer is introduced to corrupt acts by veteran officers. Sherman writes that the "moral experience about accepting these perks usually