...The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports that at the end of 2010, there were 2,266,800 adults incarcerated in the U.S. federal and state prisons, and county jails (Prisoner Statistics, 2012). When one adds the reported 493,100 corrections staff working inside the prison or jail, the total number of people interacting on a daily basis in this closed society creates conditions where corruption at some level is likely to occur (Bureau, 2012). Research suggests corruption of correction officers, also known as detention officers, or guards is a serious issue that should be continually addressed by facility management because it occurs for many reasons and takes on many forms that can pervert the justice system. This paper will explain some main forms of corruption, give outrageous examples of documented corruption, and spell out why, given the ethics expected of the profession, corruption must be continually addressed and prevented. The first step for criminals is finding the officer with a mindset that can be corrupted. Low to median pay scales for these officers and an increase in offenders affiliated with the gang element of society has increased the potential for corruption related manipulation of prison staff (Diaz, 2009). “Corrections and law enforcement work by its very nature involves the...potential for gradual deterioration of social-moral inhibitions and perceived sense of permissibility for deviant conduct” (Barnhart, 2010a). There are those individuals who are...
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...Within any establishment there is always chance for corruption. Not only prison staff, whose main goal is the reformation an inmate convicted of criminal wrongdoing, are immune. Correctional officer corruption can happen in many different type of methods might be smuggling, sexual favors for inmates, or wrongdoing of inmates. There are a different reasons of motivators or for correctional officers to become involved in this illegal acts. Corruption is a repeated hap in prisons in the nation and around the globe. The reason behind this is that jail/prison atmosphere provide for the variety of people with lost rights and people with power, plus not strict monitoring. This creates the likely possible corruption. This situations takes place under the certain circumstances. Once the wrong-doing is caught, a sort of correction process happens and wrongs are fixed. For this reason, the primary step in a promising plan to fix corruption from prisons/jails would be a strict monitoring and video tape all activities inside the prison/jail, and to give full access of operations to reliable media sources....
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...Integrity and Corrections Tammy Sullivan Instructor Singh CRJ 100 March 7, 2011 Integrity and Corrections Integrity means an act or notion to be honest and truthful in your actions and beliefs. In the Department of Corrections the oath that an officer takes holds this as a guide to uphold some polices of corrections. The respect that an officer gets is earned both on and off the job. We as correctional officers cannot engage in bribery, corruption, or allow another officer to do such. A correctional officer cannot accept gifts, favors, or gratuities from inmates or their families. They cannot accept or give to any inmate. Each morning before beginning tour of duty, an officer is reminded of how much integrity means in his or her lines of duty. They are reminded that they must refrain from personal dealings, sexual harassment and DUI. All of these acts if committed hurts your integrity and brings a frown upon the department. Anytime there is a corrupt officer from corrections on the news it not only hurts their institution but the department as a whole. Anytime an officer is in a situation where they feel they are lying, misleading or not within policy they should refrain from doing it. Correctional officers must present themselves both publicly and privately as trustworthy citizens and officers. Doing the right thing al all times will never go wrong. Inmates try to manipulate staff on a daily basis. They work hard to try to become a threat to an officer so they...
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...(Chapter 5 – The Police Role in Society) Article: Richard Goerling, “The Role of Mindfulness Training in Policing a Democratic Society,” Officer Safety Corner, The Police Chief 81 (April 2014): 10–11 Web Sites: Community Policing: A Model for Today's Society. (2004, May 4). Retrieved December 10, 2014, from http://www.policeone.com/community-policing/articles/86020-Community-Policing-A-Model-for-Todays-Society/ Role of police in society. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10, 2014, from http://www.activistrights.org.au/handbook/ch01s06.php BENZIGER, J. (2010, November 1). The Role of Police in Democracy. Retrieved December 10, 2014, from http://www.dynamicyouth.org/index.php?option=com_content&id=1583:the-role-of-police-in-democracy&Itemid=85 2. Corruption – (Chapter 7 – Police Corruption and Responses) Article: Griffith, D. (2003, October 1). Corruption: Cracking Down on Bad Cops. Retrieved December 10, 2014, from http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/articles/2003/10/corruption-cracking-down-on-bad-cops.aspx Web Sites: Statistics. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10, 2014, from http://www.policemisconduct.net/statistics/ Police Corruption and Misconduct. (n.d.). Retrieved December 10, 2014, from http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/PoliceCorruptionandMisconduct White, S. (1999, July 4). Controlling Police Corruption. Retrieved December 10, 2014, from https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/paradox/hwhite.html 3. Misconduct – (Chapter 13...
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...Corruption, Misconduct, and Brutality by Police Officers Stephen D. Windish June 9, 2014 CJA / 214 Instructor: Mr. Martinez University of Phoenix Abstract Since the beginning of the structured police forces across the United States corruption, misconduct, and claims of brutality by police officers has been a problem. Police officers who were sworn to protect and serve the people of their communities have been instilled with authority over people. Throughout history anyone having some type of power or absolute authority over another has created controversy. This paper will look into the statements and details of concerns dealing with police corruption, misconduct, and brutality of police officers in the United States. Corruption, Misconduct, and Brutality by Police Officers Corruption by uniformed police officers is a form of misconduct. This is done by an officer who is attempting to obtain something for his personal gain like money or a possible advancement in career. Misconduct of this type is done with the officer using his authority or power abusively. The term police corruption is typically stated when speaking or referring to the department administration doing something to gain a political edge or possibly a kind of gain financially. The everyday uniformed officer could be listed as corrupt by accepting money to not perform his duties properly. All officers who are stated to be corrupt have committed an action that is considered to be illegal. In...
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...department on safety, manage the department of police and public citizens who works for the department. Communication skills of a chief must be excellent so he or she can get their vision across to the public and the department, they cannot be bias, and must be ready to lead their department. The chief must be able to handle conflicts calmly and as accurate as possible, thus could lead him or her to be accepted by the department and the community. Crisis Leaders within the law enforcement deal with many challenges of “Noble cause corruption” which stands for “corruption committed in the name of good ends, corruption that happens when police officers care too much about their work. It is corruption committed in order to get the bad guys off the streets…the corruption of police power, when officers do bad things because they believe that the outcomes will be good” (Police Chief Magazine, 2006). A good example of noble cause corruption an undercover officer and others will sell drugs to catch not only the dealer, but all within the illegal operation. Police will do things such as...
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...Criminal Justice and Society CRJ 201 Melissa King Corrections is most relevant to the Eighth Amendment of the . The Eight Amendment, which states, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” This prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishments, including torture. Laws should be applied to persons equally, without discrimination on prohibited grounds, such as gender, nationality, handicap, or age. In criminal cases, fair procedures help to ensure that an accused person will not be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution&oldid=634211903). One theory that is based on why crime occurs and how corrections use it is the social learning theory. This basically states we are a product of our environment and that crime is learned. For example, if a person grows up in a neighborhood of crime, where his/her parents have a criminal history, it is more than likely he or she will end up committing a crime as well. Going to jail or prison would probably not be an issue for them, because he/she only knows this sort of lifestyle, and probably expected this outcome in their future ( Smith, 2012). Another theory that is based on the cause of crime is conflict theory. This theory is based on the conflict of opposite groups. For example, the poor against...
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...Other times, there are no specific “arrangements” made between officers and inmates; it is just toleration, by the guards, of “minor” rule infractions. Since major rule infractions usually involve, as a punishment, the loss of other “general” privileges (television, visitation, or recreation, e.g.), it is necessary for the privileged inmates (i.e., those who commit the “minor infractions”) to help maintain submission by the other inmates to the “major” rules and regulations in place within the prison. Oftentimes, as noted by Stinchcomb and Fox (1999), the toleration exhibited by guards and the assistance generated by those inmates taking advantage of the guards’ generosity, is nothing more than a structure of unofficial concessions that may...
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...major cause of police corruption is mediocrity. It is the leadership’s responsibility to maintain a high level of conduct within a department to prevent the mediocre. He states that some reasons for the corruption is the work that police do. It is measured in results. Therefore, the officers will find ways to complete these tasks and some choose to cut corners or violate the law and not even consider it being unethical. (Martin, 2011) A report made by the National Police Misconduct reported in their Semi-Annual that there were 2, 854 law enforcement officers alleged to have engaged in misconduct. It also stated that there were 207 law enforcement leaders’ police chiefs or sheriffs that were cited in those reports. It included how many civilians that were involved in the law enforcement officer misconduct. It concluded that there were 2, 568 victims of reported police misconduct. (Packman, 2009) An example of police corruption in the United States happened in Missouri. An officer is accused of having sex with two women in exchange for not arresting them. The officer, Jeffrey Holmes visited a motel room to meet with a prostitute. The woman, identified as CC told investigators that once they reached the room, he proceeded to arrest her. The officer began touching CC and told her he had no money and took his pants off. She then interpreted as free sex. She feared that if she didn’t; she would go to jail. Another victim came forward and said that officer Holmes asked her if...
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...duties They have to do. While with roles as such, they have to deal with difficult tasks and situations within their rank. The duties they are diversifying the more they move up in rank. In discussion within this paper, it will talk about the challenges the leaders have to deal with currently also give an explanation for the steps that the criminal justice system leaders can do that can alter and help the criminal justice system in the future years to come. The police chief In law enforcement, the police chief is one, of the highest ranks as an officer. The person that has this position must prep their selves, for the negativity that they will have to deal with as chief. As the chief, the person will have to deal with the past also current challenges. Every situation that comes up with the police department are in the duties they, have within this rank is to guarantee the safety of the department as well as society to manage the officers, the public who employed by the department as well. The chief’s ability to communicate so that they can get plans and views to understand by personal, also to society the chief cannot have a one-sided mind frame. They must have the ability at all times, to take control of the department and lead it. The chief will run into situations of conflict and must know how to handle them, with a level head and keep their composer. By doing that will show the public and the department, he or she is a skilled leader to run the department as chief (about...
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...innocents who may be imprisoned. What are the sources for the estimates? What are the criticisms of the sources? 7. Discuss the seemingly contradictory ideal that to ensure the natural rights presented by natural law theorists there must be both less government involvement and more government involvement. 8. Define punishment and then discuss the major rationales of punishment. 9. What are Mackie’s three types of retribution? Compare and contrast them 10. Describe how CO’s have discretion similar to police officers and court personnel. 11. List and describe some forms of corruption committed by CO’s. 12. What are some ways to reduce corruption in the prison environment? 13. Describe the discretion of probation and parole officers and provide examples of ethical and unethical applications of discretion 14. Discuss ethical issues for probation and parole officers and differentiate them 15. Describe the types of probation officers and ethical issues for each. 16. Explain how Abu Ghraib can provide us with lessons for managing the ethical prison. 17. List and discuss some management practices that have been found to contribute to an ethical workplace...
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...Week 3 Assignment Deutsch, Tina M Walden University Steve Rigg and Richard Caruso were involved with making a significant impact within the prison system by becoming whistle blowers and crossing the “thin green line”. They witnessed brutality at the hands of their peers. Corrections officers were exploiting racial tensions to stage fights between rival gang inmates by placing them in the same small recreational area. The officers were using this tactic as a sport and calling it “gladiator days”, calling the fights like sports announcers. Once they had their fill of excitement, they would needlessly utilize the tower officers to shoot wooden blocks into the crowd to stop the fights. After each shooting, they would then make up or falsify reports of shootings to justify their actions. Other officers would step in to assist in the altering of the report to ensure there was no evidence of wrong doing. All the behavior mentioned are illegal and harmful actions being committed by officers who are expected to fulfill the mission of the California Department of Corrections and its three core values of integrity, justice and accountability(Dryburgh,2009). Rigg and Caruso made several attempts to correct the situation prior to becoming whistle blowers. Because there was confusion with when to engage in using weapons to stop fights, they set up classes to try to clarify the definition of “bodily harm” so that there could be more consistency and understanding of what imminent...
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...grouping. It is a violation of criminal law, which is the standard of bad behavior”. Subjects accused of crimes have certain protections against abuse of power during investigation and prosecution. The United States Criminal Justice System is broken down into three sections; Police, Courts, and Corrections. Each component is critical in achieving the goal of protecting individuals constitutional rights through enforcement of standards of conduct. The first component in the Criminal Justice System is Policing. The Police are at the tip of the spear in the system. Police are the first entity in the criminal justice system that an offender will come into contact with. Officers will conduct an investigation into suspected wrong-doing and make an arrest of the suspected offender. Police Officers in America are tasked with a wide-ranging mission that grows increasingly more dangerous. Never before in the history of the United States have Police Officers had to work in such a diverse and challenging profession. The typical tasks of investigations, evidence gathering, crime deterrence and detection, and arrests are some of the daily jobs performed by men and women in this field. Officers are also required to respond to acts of terrorism, such as the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York. Police Agencies...
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...The Third Amendment: Engblom v. Carey As our founding fathers insisted, the third amendment protects individuals from quartering of troops. In other words, without a home owner's consent, no troops are allowed to be quartered within a citizen's home. This has been amended to the Constitution due to British parliament rule over the colonies in 1765. Under direct challenge of the third amendment, the Engblom v. Carey case has been the only case involving quartering of troops. In 1765, prior to our independence, the British enacted the Quartering Act. In which required the colonists to pay the British soldiers and also lodge them. Too much disapproval, the Quartering Act has caused the ratification of the third amendment. To this day the only...
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...courts, and corrections. As an administrator overseeing the police department would be indeed the hardest of the three. Within a police department the chief of police would be the top administrator and in command of administrating the departments policies to officers, detectives, and supporting staff. This paper will discuss the roles of a chief of police and the negative and positive aspects he or she may endure. As an administrator of a police department, the requirements are more than just ensuring the officers follow the policies of that department. It requires the individual to be knowledgeable of federal and state laws, budgets, and public relations and must be able to communicate in a competent fashion in a written and oral manner and be a critical thinker. Other challenges a chief of police can face are ensuring the officers are well trained and have the proper equipment to do his or her job while out on patrol. A chief of police must be an ethical individual and an unbiased individual. Not fulfilling these requirements could result in a crisis situation within the department. The police department is not the only place a crisis can occur when the chief of police is not fulfilling his or her job as described in the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The public tends to demand the chief of police to provide professional and cost-effective services while keeping criminal activity down, and stopping corruption and illegal use of force from his or her officers (Peak, 2010)...
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