Criminal Justice Ethical Issues
Jordan, I really enjoyed reading your post as it was very informative and you really got your point across. I agree that ethics is probably more important in the criminal justice field than any other. In what other field could one enforce the law, deprive one of his rights while at the same time protecting Constitutional rights, and serve the community? Criminal justice employees, especially police officers, are watched not matter what they do, even if it is off duty. I think one important problem is that ethics is taught and stressed in the academies and not again. It is an ongoing process and should be gone over several times throughout the year. Changing jobs in the field should not be a problem for the ethical employee as they