Police Ethics

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ISBN: 9781111544515 | 1111544514
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Copyright: 1/1/2012

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POLICE ETHICS, 2nd Edition complements traditional police training by illustrating the importance of and techniques for employing ethics in law enforcement. Ethical clarity is especially critical for the police professional - perhaps uniquely so - because the ethical point of view determines the way "police competence" is understood. In addition to the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, the book promotes an "ethic to live by" for officers, and applies various schools of ethical thought to practical examples in policing. The authors avoid dictating rules and labeling behaviors as inherently good or bad, instead providing the tools necessary for making intelligent, impartial decisions from a positive perspective. Expanded to include philosophical background, practical applications, and more examples of ethics in action, POLICE ETHICS, 2nd Edition is an ideal resource for officers in training and experienced professionals alike.

Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
The Police Are the Law	p. 2
Justice: A Preliminary Discussion	p. 3
Discretionary Decision Making	p. 4
The Need for Ethics Study by the Police	p. 7
The Traditional Academy Approach	p. 7
A Positive Approach	p. 8
The Intellectual Capabilities of Today's Officer	p. 8
Police Professionalism	p. 9
A Preliminary Definition	p. 10
Competence and Professionalism	p. 11
An Introductory Note about Police Misconduct	p. 12
Who Was Dirty Harry?	p. 13
Noble Cause Corruption	p. 13
Support for Harry	p. 14
Our Ethical Perspective	p. 15
Ethical Formalism	p. 15
Utilitarianism	p. 16
An Ethic to Live By	p. 17
The Organization of the Book	p. 17
A Final Note	p. 18
Topics for Discussion	p. 19
Ethical Scenario	p. 20
Writing Exercise	p. 20
Key Terms	p. 20
The Setting	p. 23
Police Professionalism	p. 24
The History of Police Professionalism	p. 25
Today's Professionalism	p. 28
Systematized Knowledge	p. 28
Education	p. 28
Self-Regulation	p. 30
Self-Disciplining	p. 31
Problem Solving	p. 31
Muir's Professional	p. 33
Passion	p. 34
Perspective	p. 34
Analysis	p. 36
Summary	p. 37
.Topics for Discussion	p. 38
Ethical Scenario	p. 38
Writing Exercise	p. 39
Key Terms	p. 39
The Nature of Police Work	p. 41
The Nature of Paradoxes	p. 42
An Initial Administrative Paradox	p. 43
Paradoxes on the Beat	p. 43
Due Process	p. 43
Stereotyping	p. 44
Discretion	p. 46
Coercive Power	p. 48
Paramilitarism	p. 51
Media Imagery	p. 54
Impact	p. 55
Officer Anomie	p. 55
Subcultural Power and Solidarity	p. 56
Summary	p. 57
Topics for Discussion	p. 58
Ethical Scenario	p. 58
Writing Exercise	p. 58
Key Terms	p. 59
Why Be Ethical?	p. 61
Ethics Make Us Human	p. 62
Norms, Values, Rules, and Laws	p. 65
Why Be Ethical?	p. 66
Police Moralizing	p. 67
The Ethical Basis for Discretion	p. 67
Anomie	p. 70
Future Shock	p. 72
The Use of Power	p. 73
Character as a Focal Point	p. 75
Summary	p. 77
Topics for Discussion	p. 77
Ethical Scenario	p. 78
Writing Exercise	p. 78
Key Terms	p. 78
Ethical Frameworks	p. 81
What Is Character?	p. 82
Character and Virtue	p. 83
Moral Judgment	p. 88
Judgments about Possibilities	p. 89
Justice	p. 91
The Good	p. 94
Discretionary Decisions and the Idea of Character	p. 96
Revisiting the Idea that "The Police Are the Law"	p. 96
Summary	p. 97
Topics for Discussion	p. 97
Ethical Scenario	p. 98
Writing Exercise	p. 98
Key Terms	p. 99
The Development of Character	p. 100
Working on lt	p. 102
Being Yourself … On Purpose	p. 102
Developing One's Own Philosophy	p. 104
Emotions as a Form of Understanding	p. 105
Academic Intelligence	p. 105
Emotional Intelligence	p. 106
Emotions and Empathy	p. 108
Ethical Perception	p. 111
Summary	p. 112
Topics for Discussion	p. 113
Ethical Scenario	p. 114
Writing Exercise	p. 114
Key Terms	p. 114
Ethical Formalism	p. 116
The Absolutist Schools	p. 117
Duty to God	p. 118
Natural Law	p. 118
Ethical Formalism: Kant's Theory of Duty	p. 120
The Strengths of Kant's Absolutism	p. 123
A Critique of Kant and Absolutism	p. 125
Summary	p. 130
Topics for Discussion	p. 131
Ethical Scenario	p. 131
Writing Exercise	p. 131
Key Terms	p. 131
Utilitarianism	p. 133
Definitions	p. 135
The Happiness of the Majority	p. 137
Individual Happiness	p. 138
The Advantages of Utilitarianism	p. 140
The Limitations of Utilitarianism	p. 141
Calculating Good and Evil	p. 141
Minority Rights	p. 141
Equal "Moral Scores"	p. 143
Deterrence: "Punish Anybody"	p. 143
Summary	p. 146
Topics for Discussion	p. 146
Ethical Scenario	p. 147
Writing Exercise	p. 147
Key Terms	p. 147
An Ethic to Live By	p. 149
The Limits of Kant and Mill	p. 152
Kant: Duty Trumps the Good	p. 152
Mill: What Counts as Good?	p. 153
An Ethic to Live By: Maximizing the Good in a Just Way	p. 155
The Principle of Beneficence	p. 156
Implications	p. 157
The Principle of Distributive Justice	p. 158
Summary	p. 162
Topics for Discussion	p. 163
Ethical Scenario	p. 164
Writing Exercise	p. 164
Key Terms	p. 164
Judgment Calls	p. 166
Problems of Process	p. 168
When Beneficence Conflicts with Justice	p. 168
Vagueness and Overbreadth	p. 170
The Harm Principle: What's a Legal Problem?	p. 172
Substantive Problems	p. 174
Victimless Crimes	p. 174
American Inequities	p. 176
Solving Ethical Dilemmas	p. 177
Summary	p. 180
Topics for Discussion	p. 181
Ethical Scenario	p. 181
Writing Exercise	p. 182
Key Terms	p. 182
On the Street	p. 185
Types of Police Misconduct	p. 186
Standards of Conduct	p. 187
Cops as Legal Actors	p. 188
Cops as Political Actors	p. 189
Cops as Administrative Actors	p. 189
Typology of Misconduct	p. 191
Corruption of Authority	p. 192
Police Crime	p. 192
Noble Cause Corruption	p. 194
Ineptitude	p. 195
Personal Misconduct	p. 196
Summary	p. 202
Topics for Discussion	p. 202
Ethical Scenario	p. 203
Writing Exercise	p. 203
Key Terms	p. 203
The Causes of Police Misconduct	p. 205
Generic Deviance	p. 206
Greed, Opportunity, and Chance	p. 208
Rationalizations	p. 210
Subcultural Causes	p. 212
American Societal Dynamics	p. 214
Causal Specificity	p. 215
Dirty Harry Again	p. 216
Ineptitude	p. 218
The Special Case of Excessive Force	p. 220
Summary	p. 221
Topics for Discussion	p. 222
Ethical Scenario	p. 222
Writing Exercise	p. 222
Key Terms	p. 223
Practical Applications	p. 224
Leadership	p. 225
The Sergeant	p. 225
The Middle Manager	p. 228
The Chief	p. 229
Non-judicialized Accountability	p. 230
The Academy	p. 230
The Field Training Officer (FTO)	p. 230
Police Departmental Review Boards	p. 232
Police Review Systems	p. 232
Criteria of Evaluation	p. 232
Comparative Police Review Systems	p. 234
Analysis	p. 236
The Ideal Process?	p. 238
What Can One Officer Do?	p. 239
Character Revisited	p. 241
Summary	p. 241
Topics for Discussion	p. 241
Ethical Scenario	p. 242
Writing Exercise	p. 242
Key Terms	p. 242
Implications	p. 245
The Law Enforcement Code of Ethics	p. 246
Codes of Ethics	p. 248
A Code Typology	p. 248
The Tone of the Law Enforcement Code	p. 249
The Code	p. 250
Ethical Formalism	p. 250
Utilitarianism	p. 253
The Code as a "Target"	p. 256
Summary	p. 258
Topics for Discussion	p. 259
Ethical Scenario	p. 259
Writing Exercise	p. 259
Key Terms	p. 260
Being a Good Officer	p. 261
Education: The Importance of the Liberal Arts	p. 263
The Substance of College	p. 263
The Process of College	p. 265
Kohlberg: Developing Morality	p. 266
Muirand Causing Professionalism	p. 268
Being a Good Person	p. 270
Final Messages	p. 271
Topics for Discussion	p. 272
Ethical Scenario	p. 273
Writing Exercise	p. 273
Key Terms	p. 273
Bibliographical Essay	p. 275
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