POLICE ETHICS

Police Ethics

Abstract

Ethical issues can arise in almost any aspect of a fundraiser's daily work. Good cannot be recognized if there are no bad, crimes and criminals are the words associated with the existence of mankind and since then people are putting in efforts to overcome this issue by identifying its causes. Even at present time crime exist in nearly every society however; the rate of crime may vary from country to country depending upon the social and economic condition of that country. This paper discusses the ethical and leadership theories in relation to criminal justice. The paper analyzes different aspects of criminal and justice relation in a holistic context.

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Discussion and Analysis1

Ethical and Leadership theories and its application1

Trait Theories1

Situational and contingent Theories2

Application of the theory2

Situational Leadership Theory of Hersey and Blanchard3

Application of the Theory3

Behavioral Theories3

Application of Theory4

Relationship Theories4

Application of the Theory4

Criminal Justice and Issues5

Importance of Ethics and Criminal Justice7

The Organization of Criminal Behavior8

Criminal Justice System9

Values and Culture in Criminal Justice10

Specialization in criminal justice10

Origin of Specialization in Criminal Justice11

Conclusion12

Police Ethics

Introduction

A criminal justice system consists of the social and legal institutions that enforce the criminal law in confirmation to the defined procedures, limitations and rules. In the U.S, there are separate state, military and federal criminal justice systems. Each of the states has separate systems for juveniles and adults. This system also consist of subsystems which comprises of either one or more of the public institutions and their staff members which include police and agencies responsible for enforcing laws. The responsibility even lies on appellate and trial courts, public and prosecution defender offices; parole and probation agencies; custodial institutions and departments responsible for all the functions. In this paper we will discuss about Police Ethics,

Discussion and Analysis

Criminal justice system is the state's legal apparatus for the use of public inordinate power. In brief, the criminal justice system is considered as the subsystem of the overall legal system of the state that is concerned with crime and punishment. The purpose of the criminal justice system is to secure social order on the territory of the state, by means of crime control through the threat and use of punishment.

Ethical and Leadership theories and its application

Trait Theories

Trait leadership theory is possibly one of the oldest theories and is also known as Great Man theory. It suggests that a number of people have the same quality that they possess from their previous generations and behaviors that make them better fitting to leadership. Trait theories recognize the characteristics and behaviors of people across the globe. It states that leadership is an inborn quality and that leaders cannot be raised. This is a hypothetical picture of an ancient belief which explains that when a group of people were facing extreme problems, a hero appeared and led them towards success. Even in today's world, some people believe that leadership is an inborn quality. (Tagger, Hackett, 2009). The leaders with the trait theory have characters such as: decisiveness, assertiveness, cooperative approach, ambitiousness, alertness, ...