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Character and cops : ethics in policing / Edwin J. Delattre.

By: Publisher: Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, c2011Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xxiv, 598 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780844772257 [newsprint]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.93632 D37 2011
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Excellence of character -- 3. The mission of police -- 4. The public trust and priority -- 5. Discretion -- 6. Public corruption for profit -- 7. Authority and reform in controlling corruption -- 8. Leadership and the character of a department -- 9. Illegal narcotics-moral issues and public policy -- 10. The fundamentals of character and training -- 11. Deliberation and moral problems in training -- 12. tragedy and "noble cause" corruption -- 13. Death and bereavment, deadly force and guilt -- 14. Taking our lives seriously -- 15. Fatalism, microcosms, and therapeutic reductions -- 16 Ethical ideals, youth violence, and gang enforcement -- 17. Police, the O.J. Simpson trial, and race -- 18. The spirit of public service and individual conscience -- 19. Ethics in the future of policing -- 20. Terrorism and policing -- 21. Ethics in action: case studies of professional excellence in policing -- 21. From war veterans to peace officers
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Reference Reference College Library Criminology 174.93632 D37 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available UC11-000002514

Includes appendices and index

1. Introduction -- 2. Excellence of character -- 3. The mission of police -- 4. The public trust and priority -- 5. Discretion -- 6. Public corruption for profit -- 7. Authority and reform in controlling corruption -- 8. Leadership and the character of a department -- 9. Illegal narcotics-moral issues and public policy -- 10. The fundamentals of character and training -- 11. Deliberation and moral problems in training -- 12. tragedy and "noble cause" corruption -- 13. Death and bereavment, deadly force and guilt -- 14. Taking our lives seriously -- 15. Fatalism, microcosms, and therapeutic reductions -- 16 Ethical ideals, youth violence, and gang enforcement -- 17. Police, the O.J. Simpson trial, and race -- 18. The spirit of public service and individual conscience -- 19. Ethics in the future of policing -- 20. Terrorism and policing -- 21. Ethics in action: case studies of professional excellence in policing -- 21. From war veterans to peace officers

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