Instead of trying to lie and cover up his unethical actions, I am choosing to do what is ethically correct according to my profession and deontological ethics. Although I could not fully control his actions, I do have full control over what I choose to do. Deontological ethics states that it is wrong to brake the law to try and accuse an individual of a crime that they might not have caused in the first place. Juveniles have many rights under the law. As protectors of that law it is our duty to respect those rights and follow the rules set forth before
In the vigilantism cases, although we could all relate to the frustration involved for the actors, we all agree that one must stay within the bounds of the law to seek out justice. The next discussion involved civil disobedience and we found that we agreed that civil disobedience has been helpful historically to help change the laws and improve our society. However, the general consensus on civil disobedience was also that the acts of disobedience must be done in a peaceful manner for the acts to be effective. The final acts of crimes among professionals had another anonymous decision. Our team found that we did not agree with those professionals who chose to commit crimes.
Others may think the exclusionary rule should not be used to enforce the Fourth Amendment. They feel at times it is necessary for the exclusionary rule to not be used. I can understand their position because they are looking at putting the accused defendant behind bars and make sure they are punished to the fullest. At times without the exclusionary rule, the case in court can succeed and get the result the prosecution and maybe even what the public want. Sometimes people feel the defendant has too many rights and has more benefits, which could help them get away with criminal activity.
In the last case they would not only be perverting the course of justice but could also incriminate an innocent person. It is important to appreciate how much notice the average person takes of a situation and how accurately they remember and interpret the facts. This report will involve an in-depth investigation into each of the issues mentioned previously. It will reach a conclusion as to whether or not eye-witness testimony should be abolished completely or is still a crucial part of the criminal justice
But in contrast there are very different at the same time. The crime control model is used in the criminal justice system for the prevention of crime. The crime control does not exclude that is possible to make a mistake, but based on the circumstances of the laws, the person is considered guilty until her or she is proven innocent. This model is based on old fashion laws which allow rapid and speedy convictions despite the mitigating factors of the case and the victim. The results, of the crime control model are wrongful convictions, being over-turned and this is a major downfall in the criminal justice system.
In a situation as this the the accountability of the officer includes maintaining public safety, as well as the offenders, abide by the law in apprehending the offender that put everyone around in danger, that was left to you to uphold, and ensure the reasoning for the pursuit is identifiable to be held up in court. The ramifications include completing all of the above successfully, or being responsible for a possible tragedy. The second part of this assignment requests that we Give an example of a specific situation where accountability for their actions may affect their decision making in enforcing the law. An example officers face that they may take into their accountability when making a decision is: An officer is patrolling the streets and notices that a car swerving irrationally from one side of the road to off the road. He decides to pull the car over under probable cause that something is not right.
When police officers are involved in situations like this they must be held accountable, as the job is to help and assist and once they have violated that that they should not be able to hold a badge and gun. The same punishment that a person would get for hitting a police officer should be mirrored for them. Holding police officers to a higher standard is not wrong and should be done throughout
Conclusion When articulating an ethical obligation one must be effective with their words in order to express their position. Obligation based perspectives are based on a sense of duty to what is right, whether that be personal or professional situation the outcome will be the same. The criminal justice community is very much driven by ethics and laws. One must be willing to put forth the effort to fulfill these
Conservatism I see as a one track mind, and not open to other possibilities. A police officer that uses his mind in such a way can be lead to being prejudice when approaching justice, or be lead to target on single racial community in the area. In other ways it can lead to certain way he performs his job. He could either be a rule breaker or not want stir away from the rule book. This can also tie into cynicism, in ways that a police officer can approach his job in a cynical way.
To answer the question, many things are done daily to prevent police brutality. Nearly every case of police brutality presents a legal dynamic of related but separate civil and criminal cases. Once a citizen claims police abuse, there is almost always a contradictory allegation by the police accusing the citizen of being the initial aggressor and primary criminal actor against the police. (Lawson T.F. 2013) Police often blame the victim of police brutality when accused of being too brutal with their use of force.