Ethics is the “Study of right and wrong, good and evil.” It constitutes the ideology of the morality of an action and the different points of views of certain actions. Many of us don’t stop and realize that our views regarding the ethics of justice are intertwined within three contexts; Our personal views, social influences, and our perspective of the Criminal Justice System itself. Police officers face several ethical dilemmas while on their line of work. Police subculture dwells on the concepts of its culture and the value of being an officer, as they have the ultimate power to prevent crimes, the power to arrest, and the power to use force. They all have a police personality that characterises their views on laws, morals, beliefs, and behaviors. Many ethical dilemmas arise when it comes to “police corruption, the use of coercive force, loyalty, discretion, duty, whistle blowing, misconduct, gratuities, and honesty” (Chapter 4 & 6, ppt.
Ethics is the “Study of right and wrong, good and evil.” It constitutes the ideology of the morality of an action and the different points of views of certain actions. Many of us don’t stop and realize that our views regarding the ethics of justice are intertwined within three contexts; Our personal views, social influences, and our perspective of the Criminal Justice System itself. Police officers face several ethical dilemmas while on their line of work. Police subculture dwells on the concepts of its culture and the value of being an officer, as they have the ultimate power to prevent crimes, the power to arrest, and the power to use force. They all have a police personality that characterises their views on laws, morals, beliefs, and behaviors. Many ethical dilemmas arise when it comes to “police corruption, the use of coercive force, loyalty, discretion, duty, whistle blowing, misconduct, gratuities, and honesty” (Chapter 4 & 6, ppt.