Police Ethics The Corruption of Noble Cause

Name: Police Ethics The Corruption of Noble Cause
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ISBN: 9781437744552

ISBN-10: 1437744559

ISBN-13: 9781437744552

Edition: 3rd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: John P. Crank, Michael A. Caldero

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This book provides an examination of noble cause, how it emerges as a fundamental principle of police ethics and how it can provide the basis for corruption. The noble cause - a commitment to "doing something about bad people" - is a central "ends-based" police ethic that can be corrupted when officers violate the law on behalf of personally held moral values. This book is about the power that police use to do their work and how it can corrupt police at the individual and organizational levels. It provides students of policing with a realistic understanding of the kinds of problems they will confront in the practice of police work. Key terms supplement each chapter. Provides students of…

Book details

List price: $33.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 10/12/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Introduction


Prologue



Value-Based Decisionmaking and the Ethics of Noble Cause



Value-Based Decisionmaking: Understanding the Ethics of Noble Cause



Values, Hiring, and Early Organizational Experiences



Values and Administrative Dilemmas



The Social Psychology of Cops' Values



Noble-Cause Corruption



From Economic to Noble-Cause Corruption



Stress, Organizational Accountability, and the Noble Cause



Ethics and the Means-Ends Dilemma



Police Culture, Ends-Orientation, and Noble-Cause Corruption



Ethics and Police in a Time of Change



Policing Citizens, Policing Communities: Toward an Ethic of Negotiated Order



The Stakes



Recommendations



Conclusion: The Noble Cause


Bibliography


Name Index


Subject Index