Ethical Dilemmas In Criminal Justice Chapter 3 Summary

Chapter three of “Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice” we focused on what is ethical and moral. However now there is a transition from chapter three on to chapter four where now it is explored why a human may or may not be ethical or what may cause someone to transfer from good to evil. Though to be specific we are looking for the light in criminal justice professionals to guarantee they act ethically. As said by Pollock, “Philosophers, religious scholars, biologists, psychologist, sociologist, and criminologists have all tried to explain why people do bad things.”(Pollock), and still this is a question that needs an answer. What needs to be acknowledged at this point in time is the Panama Unit based on the description written by Josh Eells. Can it be argued that if the leader or employer is ethical or unethical that there is a strong possibility that those who work under the person will have the same ethical standings? Treviño was an officer on the Texas-Mexico border and eventually the the leader of the Panama Unit. The …show more content…
Zimbardo would have said that we all live out the Jekyll and Hyde scenario and that the Panama Unit just would have also gone through same scenario. Zimbardo would have said that the line between good and evil is permeable; a good person can be easily seduced to cross the line and do something that is considered to be vile. The line of good and evil is thin and is easily crossed but it is thought that the line is innate and it is easy to tell if someone is good or evil. The Panama Unit and primarily its leader Treviño see themselves as angels in a world of demons because of the 4,000 pounds even though the same drugs that were seized were put back on the streets by the same unit. Both Zimbardo and Ariely understood that everyone has the ability to do something that is wrong and evil as long as they are willing to act