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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1. Which of the following is a method of data collection that is used in surveys? a. telephone b. Mail c. the Internet d. all of the above 2. All of the following are examples of an observation study EXCEPT: a. a mystery shopper pretending to be a customer in a McDonald’s outlet b. a cable laid across the street that records the number of cars that pass a certain intersection c. determining how long employees spend taking breaks to smoke cigarettes d. a consumer responding to a questionnaire about
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just graduated last June ‚after graduation I then moved out to huntington beach ‚ca i was with a long term girlfriend at the time‚ but anyhow i am not writting this letter as a beg for forgiveness or to clear my case. I was doing great until this ticket just got me off to a bad start after graduation. I graduated with three A’s and two B’s and one C‚ i am the only one in my family to have graduated and to be the first with my licence and my own car of coarse i didnt buy it my father baught it for
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Racial Profiling is an Issue Some individuals are not aware of the racial profiling that still exists in America. And many don’t care to talk about it. When it does not bother an individual then they view it as merely a hassle to talk about. Which is wrong. Police bias and racial profiling is the reason for many flawed arrests‚ convictions‚ and death of African Americans. It is a sad and pitiful part of life that certain groups of human beings must go through these so called hardships
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Police Discretion Police Discretion Discretion is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “the ability to make responsible decisions‚ individual choice or judgment‚ power of free decision or latitude of choice within certain legal bounds.” In law enforcement discretion is left up to each individual officer on the field everyday. Police officers are given the authority to make reasonable and responsible decisions out in the field. Discretion is used in many situations‚ such as when
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following army regulations while in the army can have a great effect on your life. It can get you in trouble not only with civilian law‚ but it can also get you in trouble with military law. For example if you are in the military and you get a speeding ticket off post‚ it can still affect your driving privileges while on post. They can suspend your right to drive on a military post even if you have a valid civilian drivers license. Also if you get charged with a DUI or similar charge it can cause
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Based on a certain person’s perspective‚ deviance can be viewed in many different ways. Some might deem piercings as deviance‚ while others believe getting a speeding ticket is deviant. Consider even being late to class as an aberrant behavior. Deviance‚ stated very simply‚ is a violation of a norm (Schaefer). Based on the sociological definition‚ we have all been divergent from time to time. From a functionalist perspective‚ deviance is a normal part of human existence that has positive and negative
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affect not only myself but others as well. I was faced several years ago‚ with the shock that one of my best friends had been in a horrific car accident. He made several very unfortunate choices throughout the night from the drinking and driving‚ speeding at 3 am‚ and the biggest mistake not putting on his seatbelt. When my friend rolled his truck‚ his passenger was buckled up and only had minor scrapes and bruises. My friend‚ the driver‚ was ejected out of the truck and suffered major injuries. The
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JAMES DEAN James Byron Dean was born on February 8‚ 1931 in Marion‚ Indiana‚ to Winton Dean and Mildred Wilson. Dean’s father left farming to become a dentist and moved the family to Santa Monica‚ California‚ where Dean attended Brentwood Public School. Several years later‚ Dean’s mother‚ whom he was very close to‚ died of cancer‚ and Dean’s father sent him back to Indiana to live on his aunt and uncle’s Quaker farm. During this time‚ Dean sought counsel from his pastor‚ the Rev. James DeWeerd‚
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stayed as still as possible to not provoke the officer. In the back of my head I could hear my mother coaching me to say the right things to avoid trouble. The thing that made me know this was a racial problem was that he said I was pulled over for speeding in a school zone while all the cars ahead of me were going way faster than me. Plus I was going maybe 7 mph over the speed limit. I could tell the officer thought he made a mistake when he heard how properly my friend and I
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