Write an essay about a criminal justice practitioner who has been charged with an ethics violation. This will require some research. Examples could be a law enforcement officer abusing discretion or using unauthorized deadly force, a judge accused of taking bribes, excessive use of force by a corrections officer, etc. Students will need to appropriately cite their references within the text of the paper and include all sources on the reference page. Outline the charges and explain the issues of the incident/case in terms of the ethics associated with the criminal justice system. The paper needs to include a discussion as to why the practitioner committed the violation(s) and what compromised him/her to act unethically, whether the ethical violation charges are valid or the individual’s actions should have been permissible, whether the individual’s supervisor should have done something to stop the ethics violation before it occurred, and what kind of sanction he/she did or should face (demotion, loss of job, loss of license, pay a fine, jail/prison time, etc.).
The paper must include a title and reference page. Please use the template under the Ethics in Action Paper Materials tab in Blackboard. The paper must be in APA format and there should be no mistakes in grammar, spelling, or punctuation. Times New Roman 12-point font and double-spacing are required. Do not adjust margins. The written portion of the paper should be five pages long, which does not include the title and reference pages. There should be two additional pages: the first page should be the title page and the last page should be a reference page. An abstract does not need to be included.
The paper must contain a minimum of four references, one of which must be the course textbook and one of which must be the source used for the ethics violation example. Look at educational websites, professional journals, periodicals or magazines pertinent to criminal justice, and in books other than the course text. Wikipedia is not considered a viable source for this paper. You may use the EBSCO online database at the PSC Library for your journal sources, Google Scholar, or the NCJRS website.
Per APA, students should include in-text citations and write in third person, meaning do not use “I,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” “you,” or “yours.” Please review the example provided to you on Blackboard for formatting showing proper APA format. Remember that a paragraph requires at least three sentences and do not use contractions.
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