When misconduct or mistakes are made it can have very damaging effects on individuals and their lives, but also to the credibility of the criminal justice system. This can happen and does on occasion (Meyer & Grant, 2003). How can we improve consistency in how prosecutors accept case work? When assessing possible improvements to the consistency of how prosecutors accept case work, there are no simple answers. Putting strict demands on what a prosecutor
Controlling Police Brutality The police have served an integral part in society as out protectors. Throughout the years, however, scholars as well as we citizens have begun to question the use of force, racism and internal corruption as well as other forms of misconduct by our officers of the law. The excessive use of force by police officers persists because of overwhelming barriers to their accountability. For instance, when police do get in trouble, it is normally a slap on the wrist, a lecture or loss of a vacation day as it stated in the article “Good Cop Bad Cop.” This fact makes it possible for officers who commit these violations to escape punishment and then often repeat their offenses. Every report of abuse is often met with denial or explanation of why the abuse was necessary instead of taking any real action like a suspension or removal of their badge in most cases.
Rookie officers are surrounded by senior officers who have worked the field for many years. It can be stressful, intimidating and confusing, but don’t let being a rookie stand in the way of success. As a Rookie, you want to fit in and perform your duties to the fullest. The types of stressful situations a Rookie may encounter that would be that they’re a constant target to criminals, which makes this profession very stressful. Every traffic stop, domestic violence call, burglary etc.
Secondly, this group shares a common way of life. They share similar dangers, setbacks, and rewards that outsiders rarely see outside of the movies. Thirdly, these dangers foster an "us against them" mentality not just against criminals but politicians, bureaucrats and concerned citizens who are perceived as impediments to enforcing the law. Police administrators and the law specify the broad parameters within which officers operate, but the police subculture tells them how to go about their tasks, how hard to work, what kinds of relationships to have with their fellow officers and other categories of people with whom they interact, and how they should feel about police administrators, judges, laws, and the requirements and restrictions they impose. The effects of formal pressures and the pressures generated by the police subculture often lead police officers to experience a great deal of stress in their occupational, social, and family lives which can result in cynicism, burnout, and retirement, as well as other of physical and emotional ailments (Miller 45).
There is also evidenced failure in the government’s efforts in enforcing safety standards. This is one example indicating the constraints of the law in its timely and effective response to serious safety hazards in the workplace for the less fortunate in society (Reiman, 1979). Although these issues are evidenced in every life, they are rarely responded since attaining the results through the set out legal system requires professionalism, skills, resources and influencing in the effort of identifying a loop-hole in the system and in the process oppress the poor even more. Since poor people cannot access any of the above, they often get to suffer for crimes they did not commit. The article further alludes to racial prejudices in the judiciary system citing
Unethical Police Operations As long as there have been professional law enforcement agencies, there has been some measureable amount of police corruption. Most police officers uphold the honor and dignity of their position, however there are a percentage of officers who can always be relied upon to violate the trust of the public they serve. Like any disease or infection, corruption must be detected and removed immediately before it spreads and compromises the entire mission of the department in which it exists. The extent of corruption within American law enforcement agencies varies from department to department by type and level of corruption. Types of corruption include the acceptance of gratuities, disregarding “inconvenient laws,” role malfeasance, bribery, property crimes, criminal enterprise, denial of civil rights, and violent crimes.
This is creating an enormous debate and concern for many people, not only within our government. With crime rates increasing and horrific events taking place the solution to this problem is not easily resolved. However there are many new views on how to properly solve this problem without depriving American people their right to use firearms as a tool and possible means of survival. Not only have these incidents been growing in numbers, but have been widespread throughout the US. Many people believe that it may be due to the economy and the struggle of people living in poverty to provide for their families.
Employees have the same opportunity to perform unethical accounting activities as the top executives. If an employee fears getting fired for making a mistake with the accounting transactions, the employee may decide to make adjustments to hide the mistake. This mistake could result in large amounts of money either gained or lost to the shareholders and the organizational could take disciplinary action to correct the problem. Another reason that employees could make unethical decisions with the accounting practice is for sabotage. If an employee becomes frustrated or feels the need to retaliate
The common things that contribute to the issue of corruption include bribery, extortion, theft, and fraud (Ivkovic, 2003). Corruption among police agencies is, in many cases, mistaken for misconduct by the officers. As Ivkovic (2005) notes, corruption is the result when an officer receives personal gain from something or someone; misconduct is poorly executing the duties for which the officer is responsible. In order to effectively control police corruption, governments must create effective strategies and seek citizen input to create effective policies. Changes are being
Police Ethics With so much corruption in our world today, it is not hard to believe that police officers are not always honest and living up to their code of ethics. Police misconduct can occur for many reasons, such as helping out family and friends, anger towards a certain race, and just to take their anger out on others. Many times, police will dismiss people from a ticket or have the ticket “fixed” for their friends or family, which is a form of police misconduct even though many people do not recognize it as that. Police misconduct also occurs when the police officer is racist and unable to separate their feelings of others from their jobs, and they feel that because they are a part of a police force they cannot or will not be charged with violence or murder if they wrongfully attack someone. Our country has recently witnessed a large amount of police misconduct, and the murders of innocent people.