It is usually recommended that any career use honesty as a quality, but it is extremely important that criminal justice professionals have honesty as well. Law enforcement is occasionally known for being corrupt, and it is so important for our law enforcement officers to be truthful on all applications, reports, and everyday work. This provides for more efficient and trustworthy public servants. The most important reason for honesty is simply to ensure that the innocent stay that way and are not caught in the lies of the accusers. Criminal justice professionals play an important role in the court system, and if they lie on accusations and evidence, the innocent become victims of the dishonesty.
Ethical Dilemma Executive Summary Ashley Gallegos October 26, 2012 Christopher McQuillin CJA/474 University of Phoenix Ethical Dilemma Executive Summary Law enforcement agencies and employees are to represent and uphold ethics as they are role models for their communities. A police officer is well aware of what is right and wrong ethical and unethical. It is their job to make sure their community members are kept from harm and provided justice if they become a victim of a crime. In this summary there is a dilemma of whether a police officer is willing to reveal a fellow officer of being unethical. The dilemma will have the officer fearing of being unethical or taking a professional hit themselves if they chose to or not chose to disclose their findings.
Should Juveniles Be Charge As Adult In Criminal Cases? “Draft paper” Delvitta, Reid Post University CSS101.58: Learn Across Lifespan 10/3/12 Instructor: Erna, Krieger In my draft paper about should children be charge as an adult in criminal cases. To me it depends on the case and the ages of the child have done. Today around the world there are many children going to jail at the age of 12 to 14 .I have seen child charge as adult at the age of 12, and still in jail doing time for killing someone he didn’t like in school and he shoot him in the face. To me the children of today don’t care if they kill someone and they would not go to jail because their age.
We must be sure that finding those answers are done ethically from the crime scene to trial. The Investigator Ethical Considerations From the moment the investigator gets a case professionalism, knowledge of laws and procedure is what has to be followed. If at any time the investigator became biased and used emotion instead of just facts of the case could be compromised. Remaining unbiased in either homicide or rape can be extremely difficult for even the most ethical investigators. Handling evidence properly is one of the most crucial points of any investigation.
We know that police officers use excessive force, and they also use their authority to verbally abuse people. So what causes police officers to abuse their authority, and (or) leads to brutality? One of the challenges with this is that not every citizen reports a police brutality, whether they see one happening, heard of one happening from their friends or family or if they themselves were a victim of one. Another challenging issue too is that we know some brutalities are not reported; therefore it makes it harder to measure those versus what is actually reported. Police brutality wouldn’t be an issue if we didn’t have to police our law enforcement officers.
Police Code of Silence Some experts will explain that people become police officers for the power and status of the job, while other say they join in order to help people but over time become cynical and corrupted by other officers. The culture of being a police officer instills a sense of entitlement to power and authority over the rest of society (The Brotherhood). This sense of entitlement breeds the police personality. That is, when an officer puts on the police uniform they also assume the role of authority that goes along with it many times commanding the obedience and respect from the public as a whole. The police personality fosters and “us vs. them” mentality that cops are always the good guys and everyone else is a potential bad guy (The Brotherhood).
Use of force is a very important part of an officer’s ability to keep themselves and the public safe, but is also very controversial. The first thing anyone should try, if not in immediate danger, is to verbally diffuse a situation. If an officer can use words to get compliance from a criminal, then he or she won’t have to worry about defending their actions in court. There are no ethical issues involved with this level of the continuum. The use of restraint holds and chokes is a very dangerous thing if used improperly, but has many advantages when done correctly.
Criminal justice administrators make important decisions daily, which can have profound effects on our lives (Gleason, 2006). Within the criminal justice administration critical thinking also play an important role along side with ethical and professional behavior. Within criminal justice law enforcement, corrections, and courts all use critical thinking to make ethical and professional decisions. Police officers must use critical thinking to conclude how the law was broken, how to respond, and if to arrest a person or not. When a police officer does not use critical thinking that is where problems can arise.
Additionally, I feel that there needs to be a detailed manual that outlines consequences and plans of action for incidents that occur, so there is a set standard. I don’t think there needs to be additional SOP’s developed, since I am a supporter of the mainframe of police procedure as a whole and think the majority of the public’s concern comes from ignorance and fear of what to them is the unknown. I think the main key to what would be considered successful as far as the public’s view of police accountability is working to make the public feel “ok” about how things are being done. Similar to the concept of community policing such as the foot patrol experiment in Newark; it may not make a huge difference in stats, but the perception by the public can have a huge impact on a community and how it relates to its police department. To begin, a community collaborative board would have to be developed.
Danyl Berry Introduction to Criminal Justice Ethics Instructor: Gary Neumeyer Colorado Tech University Phase 4 IP Jailing an entire courtroom because a cellphone went off during a proceeding, and no one came forward to accept responsibility. . On March 11, 2005 a Niagara Falls City Court Judge sentenced 46 defendants into custody after a cell phone rang out during court. 15 -20 individuals had already gone before the judge and was asked to sit down and wait till other individuals were done. During this time a cell phone rang out in the back of the court room and the judge the individual that had the phone to come fourth.