One of the biggest issues concerning the criminal justice system is corruption. This corruption can lead the corrupted to personal gain at great expense to others and sometimes can be directly or indirectly, eventually causing harm to others as well. Corruption can be defined as “the exploit the powers of law enforcement in return for considering of private-regarding benefit and that violate formal standards governing his or her conduct” (William & Arrigo, 2012, p. 96). Furthermore, police officers have been put in situations where particular leverage can be easily generated through unethical and illegal means. The idea of corruption of can pertains to the film, “The Departed”, which involves a two police detectives, one who commits crimes