DUE 10/14

For this unit’s Complete assignment, write a comprehensive scholarly essay ( minimum 1500 words) in which you analyze, explain, and apply these concepts in the context of a criminal justice organizational issue. You must incorporate and cite, using correct APA citation format, at least (5) five different scholarly research sources. In-line citations must be used in the body of your essay, and all research sources must be fully cited at the conclusion of your essay. Correct APA citation formats must be used.

· Discuss the importance of ethics in the criminal justice system. Explain how laws can conflict with ethical standards.

· Describe the difference between an ethical dilemma and an ethical issue.

· Before the twentieth century in this country, police, in general, operated with few legal and ethical controls. Describe the differences in ethical and legal controls that modern police must uphold since the beginning of the twentieth century

· Summarize the six steps in analyzing/solving an ethical dilemma. Give an example at each step.

· Using the steps outlined in the chapter, how would you respond to the following scenario?

A probation officer is in the common area of the office. As she approaches the office secretary to ask about a court date, she sees case files open and being edited on the secretary’s computer. She saw on the news that morning that a probationer was arrested for a violent offense. She knows that it is against office policy for anyone other than the probation officer to edit case files. She also knows that it will not be be long before people start asking questions about the quality of probation supervision that allowed the probationer to commit such a heinous offense.