Police Corruption and Legal Professional Ethics
Question
Determine the societal role of modern law enforcement as it relates to authority, power, force, and persuasion.
Describe and define the different types of police corruption.
Identify ways to combat, reduce, and prevent corruption.
Analyze the controversy concerning the role of an attorney as legal agent or moral agent.
Police Power and Discretion
Question
Discuss the role of police officer as crime fighter versus public servant and determine if there is a correlation between these two roles.
Analyze the role that discretion plays in the role of law enforcement and how that discretion may lead to discrimination.
Discuss the “Law Enforcement Code of Ethics.”
Describe the elements of the formal code of ethics and contrast them with the values of the police subculture.
