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This 4 page paper explores ethics in policing and deviant police behaviors. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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We also expect that the police will behave in an ethical manner, not a deviant one but sometimes those expectations are wrong. This paper defines ethics in general and its
nature when applied to policing; ethical standards in policing; and the deviant behaviors of police corruption, misconduct and brutality. Discussion What is ethics? Ethics is very difficult to define clearly
because it is usually thought of in connection with a philosophical approach to morality; all philosophy is by nature subjective. But we have to have somewhere to start so well
use Landauer and Rowlands definition: "Ethics is the branch of study dealing with what is the proper course of action for man. It answers the question What do I do?"
(2001). At its most basic level, ethics is the means by which "we categorize our values and pursue them" (Landauer & Rowlands, 2001). Ethics is important because without it, "our
actions would be random and aimless"; finally, a proper foundation for ethical behavior "requires a standard of value to which all goals and actions can be compared to" (Landauer &
Rowlands, 2001). The standard is the conduct of ones own life (Landauer & Rowlands, 2001). Nature of ethics and its role in policing: When it comes to applying ethical standards
to policing, its not enough to simply use ones own life as a guide, because it is possible that what one person finds ethical another will find unethical. We tend
to agree on things like murder, rape, robbery and other major crimes as being not only unethical but illegal, but what about cheating on ones taxes or taking home a
few office supplies? Some people will not see anything unethical in these actions while others will consider them highly unethical. Very generally, though, we consider that police officers will always
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