Unit 4 Essay Cheryl Murphy CJ340: Applied Criminal Justice Ethics Kaplan University November 09‚ 2013 Ethics in Criminal Justice Ethical questions and acts are done every day. Being in law enforcement though‚ means everything an officer say’s and does is always under the microscope of the community. The community a police officer is hired to protect and serve‚ questions every move made to make sure corruption is not taking place. It does not take long for a new recruit to accept
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CJ: 340 Slippery Slope 9/18/2014 Slippery Slope Many individuals come victim to a specific action or favor for another for personal gain or to be ahead of the game (cheat). Unfortunately Politicians and Law Enforcement are not exempt from the list. Slippery slope is defined as a process or series of events that is hard to stop or control once it has begun and that usually leads to worse or more difficult things or outcomes (Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ 2014). Police work in itself‚ especially
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found several videos that give good examples of logical fallacies. All the DirecTV commercials in this compilation are good examples of the slippery slope fallacy. Each commercial shows how having cable TV can lead to a chain of events that result in bad outcomes. These commercials used the slippery slope fallacy on purpose to entertain the audience. A slippery slope fallacy claims that once you make one choice‚ a chain of events will inevitably follow. The truth is that making the first choice doesn’t
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Corruption and the Slippery Slope Abstract This paper will address the “slippery slope” and how it relates to accepting gratuities. Also it will discuss theories on corruption such as the society-at-large hypothesis‚ the structural or affiliation hypothesis‚ and the rotten apple hypothesis. In policing‚ the term slippery slope applies to the corruption of morals of the officers. It basically means that corruption can begin with something that seems harmless at first‚ but will escalate
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things don’t go as planned or a series unfortunate events happened in that day because of one incident also known as a “Slippery Slope”. Well my one incident was all caused by one nail. From messing up my mom’s car to dealing with the police and ending up inside the emergency room all caused of one mistake. That day was one of the worst days ever all because of that slippery slope. It all started‚ on a normal sunny random Thursday morning waking up from a hangover from with a face of person who had
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Chapter 3: The Slippery Slope by Edward J.Tully Article Questions 1. Based on your observations of news event during the past 10 years‚ did Tully’s prediction that‚ “there will be an upward trend of corruption and abuse of power cases” occur? Explain your answer by describing at least three specific cases of corruption and/or abuse of power that have occurred since 2003 in your community or state. Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman was convicted on
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Kaplan University CJ340: Applied CJ Ethics Unit 4 Assignment August 26‚ 2013 Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines “slippery slope” as a course of action that seems to lead inevitably to from one action or result to another unintended consequence (Merriem-Webster‚ 2013). The “slippery slope” can refer to almost every walk of live but here it is being applied to law enforcement and accepting gratuities. Here it is referring to police officers accepting what may seem to be harmless
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The law and theory of criminal justice Jessmine Matthews CJA/204 September 9‚ 2014 Julius Burns The law and theory of criminal justice Defining crime can come from many different perspectives such as psychological‚ legalistic‚ sociological‚ and even political views. Crime is defined as according to (Multi- Media) the conduct in violation of the criminal laws of the state‚ federal‚ government‚ or local jurisdiction‚ for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse. Crime is
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Title: Theories of Justice Compare and contrast each of the three theories of justice Provide illustrative examples of each theory Write a conclusion identifying your preferred theory of justice along with your rationale for choosing the theory Retribution (Deserts Theory) This theory states that people should be punished only if they have done something to deserve it‚ and only to the extent to which it is deserved. This theory is only concerned with the past‚ which means it supports
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care of newborns. His main points was concerning the slippery slope argument of euthanasia and how it relates to the situation and its unjustness. He states that these arguments are merely saying to the baby "as far as your interests are concerned it would be morally best if we induced a quick and painless death. But if we do‚ it will launch the rest of us down a slippery slope. So put up with your distress‚ and save us all from the slippery slopes" (Campbell‚ pg. 283). His argument is that while creating
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