Abolish Parole?

Neubauer, David W. (2001) Debating crime: Rhetoric and reality. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. White, Jonathan R. (2004) Defending the homeland: Domestic intelligence, law enforcement, and security. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. Read Issues 13, 14 and 17 (Parts VIII and X) in Debating Crime, and Ch. 1 and 2 in Defending the Homeland. Review these Web sites: Federal Bureau of Prisons at http://www.bop.gov/ especially the About and News/Information pages. *The Corrections Corporation of America Web site at http://www.correctioncorp.com/ Despite the abolishment of federal parole in 1995, the number of adults on parole is on the rise, according to the 2003 Pr... click for more

Personal Ethical Standards

Situation You are a prison guard supervising a tier. One of the inmates comes to you and asks a favor. Because he is a troublemaker, his mail privileges have been taken away. He wants you to mail a letter for him. You figure it’s not such a big deal; besides, you know he could make your job easier by keeping the other inmates on the tier in line. What would you tell him? * Explain what you would do in the situation above. * Identify the major ethical system to which your answer most closely relates.

Professional Ethical Standards

Resources: Web sites: U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm Police and Law Enforcement http://www.cailaw.org/ilea/ethicsaward.html http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/cje/html/codes/codes-usa-organizational/usaorganizational. html http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/cje/html/codes.html#org Legal http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_toc.html Corrections http://www.aca.org/pastpresentfuture/ethics.asp Please assist with this so I can write the assignment: * Research a career in criminal justice that interests you. * Write a job description summary for the position, including what a “day in the life” might be like. * Summarize the professional... click for more

Personal Code of Ethics

Create a personal code of ethics using one of the major ethical frameworks as a guide. You have already examined the professional code of ethics for a career field in criminal justice and analyzed ethical dilemmas for several fields; now compare your personal code of ethics with those of the career you discussed in the Professional Ethical Standards assignment. To what ethical standards would you hold yourself if you worked in that field? Use the following as a guide for writing the paper. 1. How does your code of ethics compare to the professional code of ethics? Discuss the differences between your code and the professional code. 2. How does your personal code compare to the unwr... click for more

Strategies for Law Enforcement

Read Chapters 3, 5 and 6 in Defending the Homeland. White, Jonathan R. (2004) Defending the homeland: Domestic intelligence, law enforcement, and security. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. Review the Department of Homeland Security Web site at http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/; specifically, the Strategic Plan—Securing Our Homeland section, at http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/strategicplan/. Scroll to the bottom of the page to download and review the Adobe Acrobat file. Do you think police should be used to gather intelligence? Why or why not? If required to work more closely, do you think state and local law enforcement agencies would cooperate effectively? Argue your perspective, ... click for more