issues that involve social psychology. Being a police officer is a profession that encounters a lot of social psychology issues. One issue that all police officers have to encounter is prejudice. Police officers have to not be prejudiced against the citizens that they are trying to protect and serve the criminals that they must apprehend and also against each other. Two case studies that will be discussed are prejudice against female police officers by their male counterparts and racial prejudice
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or smoke marijuana. According to Gonzales (1990)‚ an academic drug education course could be designed to include information on the severity of drug abuse problems‚ the susceptibility of students to these problems and the viability of alternative behaviors to drug abuse. In the book of Bustos(2002)‚ it stated that education and explanation had always been through some form of media as a means of providing health information and education about drugs. Media had the advantage of bringing intimacy and
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role in the maintenance of high standard police work. To aid an officer in effective delivery of policing the National Decision Model [NDM] (2012) is used. At the center of the six key elements in the NDM‚ are the statement of mission and values‚ which play a big part in delivering effective and a high standard of police work. This essay will look at good and bad examples of police work and will focus on integrity and police use of force. Also the police response to criticism and their willingness
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Unethical Behavior in the Workplace: Causes and Corrections Lisa Witzel University of Central Oklahoma Ethics and Organizations Ethics As the lines between what is moral and ethical and what is not becomes more blurred‚ it is important more than ever to desire and maintain an ethical work culture. In the past few decades‚ the fast pace of technology‚ the moral disintegration of values in the general population and the blatant disregard for ethical
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POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD NOT CARRY GUNS There are a lot of arguments all around the world in this subject. Politicians‚ teachers‚ sociologists and psychologists declare their ideas and also they write some essays about if the poliçe officers should carry a gun or not. Many people suppose that police officers should carry their guns. Nowadays more and more crimes are being committed and police officers protect us from criminal behaviour. I will discuss whether police officers should be allowed to carry guns
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of all sworn officers. Most of the females though only holding clerical positions. As of today‚ only about 13% of police officers are females‚ even with many progressive gender equality movements. Why is the number of women in this field not growing quicker? Are they being discriminated for their gender and choice of career? Is law enforcement just not an interesting field for females as male? The answer could be a variety of things. Many people believe having more female officers could be a potential
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Correspondingly‚ police officers need to be more trained and experienced when dealing with people with mental illness. Rossler and Terril (2017‚ p.190) explain “how officers lack the requisite experience or training to properly manage and deescalate encounters involving [people with mental illness]”. (Borum‚ 2000‚ Mulvey & White‚ 2014‚ Teplin‚ 1983 as cited in Rossler‚ Terril (2017‚ p.191) state how in some circumstances‚ officer encounters with people having mental illness can escalate and result
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guards to police officers‚ each law enforcement agent does his or her part in maintaining the laws and justice. By serving the community and providing safety to society‚ police officers especially have a job that should be admired. The most highly sought-after and desirable profession is that of a police officer. The aspects of this job are appealing even to young children. Helping people‚ serving the community‚ and ensuring safety locally is certainly something people would love to do. Officers feel
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WHY I WANT TO BE A POLICE OFFICER Why I Want To Be a Police Officer Career Choices in Criminal Justice Dr. Darwin L. Driggers‚ Ybor Campus October 11‚ 2011 Why I Want To Be a Police Officer For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a police officer. I’m sure‚ as a little boy‚ what first caught my attention were the flashing lights and sirens on the police cars. It could have also been then the facts that police officer were permitted to carry a gun and had the ability to run
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Impacts of Unethical Behavior In 2005 former Tyco CEO Denise Kozlowski and ex-CFO Mark Swartz where convicted of taking more than $120 million in unauthorized bonuses‚ abusing an employee loan program‚ misrepresenting the company’s financial condition to investors to boost the stock price while selling $575 million in stock (Crawford‚ 2005). Kozlowski and Swartz’s defense was they did not steal from the company. The defendants maintained the board of directors approved all bonus money. Unfortunately
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