Gratuities for public officers usually lead to a slide down the slippery slope for the individual, department or society as espoused by the rotten apple, affiliation and society-at-large hypotheses. Gratuity refers to a benefit or discount that one receives because of their profession and is considered unethical and is a violation of most law enforcement […]
Introduction The United States criminal justice system has undergone many changes in the past centuries. For instance, the change in the American case law, offered new perspectives upon which the police could use deadly force. The growing technology, the increased media scrutiny and the increasing roles of civil society groups, will significantly affect the roles
Introduction to Law Enforcement The field of law enforcement has twigs that keep an eye on a variety of jurisdictions, every with a similar rationale: to defend citizens and put into effect the laws approved by legislators at the government levels of federal, state, and local (Cole & Smith, 2004). Diverse categories of law enforcement
They are varied methods, or strategies, via which penology can be employed in enhancing the criminal justice system (CJS) outcomes (Scott, 2008). The outcomes include fewer recurring crimes, reduction of crime levels, and decimation of number of the ones who are incarcerated for specific crimes. The methods are probation, offender training, community service, and the
More often organizations demand that their employees carry out their duties in very professional manner so as to meet the demands and the expectations of the customers. The same expectations are laid on the law enforcement officers who are expected to be ethical and professional in their daily lives. The definition of ethics can be
Introduction The phrase “You have the right to remain silent” is widely recognized and instantly associated with the rights of individuals during police interrogations. This phrase is a direct result of the landmark 1966 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona, which fundamentally transformed the landscape of criminal investigations and the broader criminal justice
Various criminal justice, as well as security management, researches are best conducted using the mixed-methods approach, research, or methodology. The approach focuses on specific research questions, which require actual contextual appreciations, cultural influences, and multiple perspectives. In researches, including criminal justice, as well as security management, researches, the approach employs thorough quantitative along with qualitative
Beckett, K. (2012). Race, drugs, and law enforcement toward equitable policing. Criminology & Public Policy, 11(4), 641-653. The research study by Katherine Beckett, a distinguished law professor and author, explores the racial discrepancies that define the enforcement of the drug law in the US. The discrepancies are rather pronounced in some states, including Seattle. In
In a world struggling to balance technological advancements and morals, stoicism seems to be rebirthing. Societies are in need of rules that are virtue-based and they also want justice to be applied fairly. Strangely enough, the stoic way of thinking is, to many, as applicable and relevant in today’s world, as it was about two
“Changes in Mental State Associated with Prison Environments: A Systematic Review” Purpose In the “Changes in Mental State Associated with Prison Environments: A Systematic Review” study, Walker, Illingworth, Canning, Garner, Woolley, Taylor and Amos (2014) spelt out a distinct purpose. They sought to develop an appreciation of mental health stability during incarceration via reviewing the