Police Ethics

by Crank, John P.; Caldero, Michael A.

• ISBN13: 9781583605042
• ISBN10: 1583605045
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Anderson Pub Co

Summary

Offers a different type of book on police ethics, focusing on corruption committed in the name of good ends. Addresses ethical issues of accountability, explains ways in which noble cause is subverted, presents noble-cause corruption as a form of what ethicists call a means-end dilemma, and considers ethical dilemmas facing police in the 21st century. Can be used as a supplemental text with students of policing, and as an exercise for officers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(10)
Prologue	11	(4)
Part 1 Accountability and the Ethics of Noble Cause	15	(48)
Accountability: Why We Teach Ethics	17	(16)
Framing the Ethical Problem	33	(20)
Measuring Cops' Values	53	(10)
Part 2 Noble-Cause Corruption	63	(52)
From Economic to Noble-Cause Corruption	65	(14)
Values, Hiring, and Early Organizational Experiences	79	(20)
Stress, Accountability, and the Noble Cause	99	(16)
Part 3 The Means-Ends Dilemma	115	(54)
Ethics and the Means-Ends Dilemma	117	(24)
Police Culture, Ends Orientation, and Noble-Cause Corruption	141	(28)
Part 4 Ethics for the Twenty-First Century	169	(72)
Ethics in the Age of Community Policing	171	(24)
The Craft of Public Order: A Vision for the Twenty-First Century	195	(24)
Recommendations	219	(16)
Conclusion: The Noble Cause	235	(6)
Endnotes	241	(4)
Bibliography	245	(12)
Glossary	257	(10)
Name Index	267	(2)
Subject Index	269