Government Official Charged With Ethics Violation

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timer Asked: Mar 1st, 2014

Question Description

Due: 3/3/2014

Research a Government Official

Research a government official who has been charged with ethics violations. This could be a police officer accused of taking bribes, a politician, judge, etc. Outline the charges, explain the issues in terms of the ethics associated with the Criminal Justice system and describe the ethical system that applies in this ethics violation(s). 

Write a 2-3 page, APA style paper addressing the issues as described above.  Please include 2-3 references. Only one reference may be from an internet source (not Wikipedia)

Due: 3/10/2014

U.S Supreme Court Case on Police Misconduct

A police officer’s job is about ensuring the protection of basic moral rights, including the right to life, liberty, physical and property security. The overall outcome or goal of policing is the protection of constitutional rights. However, there have been times when police have engaged in unethical and immoral practices when doing their job which have resulted in important U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

Research and find a U.S. Supreme Court case that addresses unethical police decisions or immoral practices by the police. Provide a brief synopsis of the case and discuss how the Supreme Court views procedural justice and/or police misconduct.

Write a 2-3 page, APA style paper addressing the issues as described above.  Please include 2-3 references. Only one reference may be from an internet source (not Wikipedia) the other references must be located in the University Online Library.  Only the body of the paper will count toward the page requirement. Include a title sheet. 

Due: 3/17/2014

Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy

The Tidewater Police Department is a small rural department that consists of 22 police officers, 4 detectives, a criminal intelligence analyst and 3 secretaries. The mayor just hired you as Chief of the department. About half of the officers have 20+ years of experience and the other half have less than 3 years of experience. You learn that there have been 4 civil cases filed against the department for police officer misconduct within the last year.

Write a 2-3 page, APA style paper addressing the issues of Code of Conduct and Ethics Policies for Police Departments.  Include in the body of the paper a Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy for the Tidewater Police Department.  Please include 2-3 references. Only one reference may be from an internet source (not Wikipedia) the other references must be located in the University Online Library.  Only the body of the paper will count toward the page requirement. Include a title sheet.

Due: 3/24/2014

Judging Yourself

You are a judge who believes that individuals should be allowed to choose when to die.

You personally had to watch both your parents die long and agonizing deaths because your state does not have a right-to-die statute. Before you is a doctor who is being prosecuted for giving a lethal dose of morphine to a patient dying of terminal cancer. The family of the patient did not want the prosecution, the majority of the public is not in favor of the prosecution, but the prosecutor believes that if there is a law in place, it should be enforced. The doctor has opted for a bench trial.

Write a 2-3 page, APA style paper addressing where you examine your options and defend your position. Please include 2-3 references. Only one reference may be from an internet source (not Wikipedia) the other references must be located in the University Online Library.  Only the body of the paper will count toward the page requirement.

Due: 3/31/2014

Adversarial Criminal Law System

Create a 15 to 20 minute powerpoint presentation or video comparing the idea of our criminal law system as adversarial to other descriptions of how a courtroom works.

The assignment should include the following:

•Submissions must be thought provoking and provide a critical analysis of the criminal law system.

•If you select the PowerPoint presentation, it must contain a minimum of 20 slides.

•If you select the youtube video, it must contain 15 minutes of original dialogue.  Steps on how to upload your video to youtube can be found here https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57924?hl=en

•Use the "notes" section of the PowerPoint to provide your analysis.  The PowerPoint slide should have minimum text and graphics.  The notes section will contain your analysis.  (This is the information you will share with an audience.)

•2-3 references.  Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia) the others must be found in the University Library.  References should be located on the last slide of the PowerPoint presentation or embedded within your dialogue in the video. (Cite your references).

•The PowerPoint must be free of spelling and grammatical errors.  The video must be free of (spoken) grammatical errors.

•APA format.

Due: 4/7/2014

Write a 2-3 page, APA style paper on judicial activism. Present the arguments on both sides of the question as to whether judges should interpret or simply apply the Constitution. Research and provide more current examples (the current Supreme Court docket) and predict how you think the justices will decide.

Then think about the idea that if one can predict the decisions of the justices on the Supreme Court--where does that leave the idea that no case is prejudged?

Please include 2-3 references. Only one reference may be from an internet source (not Wikipedia) the other references must be located in the University Online Library.  Only the body of the paper will count toward the page requirement. Include a title sheet.

Due: 4/14/2014

Ethical Conflicts in Corrections

In the small town of Tidewater, an Assistant District Attorney was found guilty of child molestation and sexual exploitation of children.

The ADA was sentenced to 5 years in prison and 10 years on probation.

Write a 2-3 page, APA style paper addressing the different ethical conflicts the ADA might experience from serving his time in prison and on probation.  Please include 2-3 references. Only one reference may be from an internet source (not Wikipedia) the other references must be located in the University Online Library.  Only the body of the paper will count toward the page requirement.

Due: 4/22/2014

Types of Misconduct

In a 2-3 page, APA style paper, describe the types of misconduct by community corrections professionals and provide some of the explanations for this misconduct.

Examples include:

•Accepting gratuities for special consideration during legitimate activities and for the protection of illicit activities.

•Mistreatment/harassment or extortion of inmates.

•Misc. abuses

•Arbitrary use of power

•Abusing authority for personal gain (possible reasons for misconduct:  hiring people that shouldn't work in corrections, officers being stressed and burned out, failure of leadership and lack of discipline, lack of training and lack of organizational support.)

Please include 2-3 references. Only one reference may be from an internet source (not Wikipedia) the other references must be located in the University Online Library.  Only the body of the paper will count toward the page requirement. Include a title sheet


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