The Fine Line between Police Discretion and Corruption Abstract In today’s law enforcement agencies there is a fine line between discretion and corruption. Imagine that you are a police officer‚ you pull over a car that you suspect is driven by someone who has had too much to drink. Upon reaching the window you find that it’s an old friend from school. Do you take him to jail or do you take him home? Police officers have the power to make this decision. In the world of the officer this could
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When the word corruption comes to mind‚ many individuals think of practical societies or countries without a stable government that handle issues in an unfair way. Even though this may be true to a certain extent‚ corruption has a broader meaning to it‚ and‚ is found in almost everything and everywhere. Johnson (2006) explained that corruption is a widespread social occurrence that exists in any civilization‚ and thrives in any type of people. He also states that corruption exists in systems that
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In our society today‚ there have been several events‚ specifically within the last several years‚ where police corruption has been brought into question. Situations like Ferguson‚ Missouri have shown our country that we need to question how those in blue behave when handling different cases. In December of 2015‚ the streaming service Netflix released a ten-part documentary series entitled Making a Murderer. This series follows the story of Steven Avery‚ and what happened in his life after being jailed
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Deviancy and corruption within police organizations has influenced public’s negative perceptions and attitudes‚ as well as negatively impact the social relationship between the two groups. Policing in America‚ was established to maintain social order by enforcing rules and laws‚ protecting citizens‚ and taking appropriate action to ensure safety and justice. Police officers are expected to exercise “power and authority” while preserving moral character‚ but it is not always the case. Individual morale
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Back in the days there were a lot of dirty cops in the system. People where just all in it for them. Corruption played a big role banc then and still does now. Some people like to take advantage of the power that is given to them. Some are fully aware of what they are doing and others aren’t. Officer Jenkins needed his transmission fixed. Mr. Arnaud fixed it for free in gratitude of what officer Jenkins had done for his son Tony. Officer Jenkins was well aware of how pricey this job was so he was
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discuss the three different explanations for police corruption and examples to support them. To start‚ the Individual cause is justified as the Officers personal background characteristics. For example‚ it focuses on their personality‚ ethical and moral issues‚ leading to cases of officer corruption. The explanation emphasizes that police corruption occurs by placing a certain individual in the force that is already prone to be corrupt. Concluding‚police corruption is considered to be the result of some
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applied to law enforcement and accepting gratuities. Here it is referring to police officers accepting what may seem to be harmless gratuities which may later put the officer in a position where their ethics are called into question. There are several hypotheses that can be applied to analyze police corruption in addition to the slippery slope hypothesis. Three of
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Police Corruption Justin Villeneuve Nipissing University CRJS 4917 For years‚ we have considered any discussions of police misconduct as taboo. After all‚ these are the men and woman in which we‚ as citizens‚ give the responsibility of keeping us out of harms way. We all know it is present within law enforcement in some shape or form‚ but we ignore its relevance in the way our criminal justice system works. Assumptions of police misconduct and corruption have long been suppressed and silenced
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There are a few bad apples here and there. Yet there are some days that we hear/ read stories of police officers‚ courts and correctional systems that don’t go by the book. There should be ethical behavior police‚ courts‚ and correctional systems should follow to stop the unfairness. Also‚ the aspects they should consider prior to making decisions. Police corruption and abuse of power is one big problem to the public. The fact the communities give them the responsibility to serve and protect us.
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Police Corruption Casey Jo Bowersox DeVry University Police Corruption The term police corruption is defined as the abuse of police authority for personal gain or to gain advantage for the police organization. Police corruption can take the form of a variety of criminal activities ranging from actual commission of serious criminal (i.e. drug trafficking and money laundering) to the instances where police will “look the other way” when a person commits a minor everyday violation of the law
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