Police Ethics
Subtitle: The Corruption Of Noble Cause
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Anderson Publishing Company (OH)
Published: January 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781593459635
Subjects: Political Science; Police ethics; Law enforcement; Business / Economics / Finance; United States; Politics/International Relations; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Business Ethics; Moral and ethical aspects; Police
Description: This book provides an examination of noble cause, how it emerges as a fundamental principle of police ethics, and how it can provide the basis for corruption. The noble cause -- a commitment to "doing something about bad people"--Is a central "ends-based" police ethic that can be corrupted when officers violate the law on behalf of personally held moral values. This book is about the power that police use to do their work, and how it can corrupt police at the individual and organizational levels. The book provides students of policing with a realistic understanding of the kinds of problems they will confront in the practice of police work. Developing their work from a broad scholarly and professional base, the authors challenge contemporary views of the police on topics such as hiring procedures, public order policing, police discretion, and fundamental ethical problems that underlie police work.