Police Ethics

POSITIVE APPROACH: Rather than teaching "mistake avoidance," POLICE ETHICS, 2nd Edition focuses on using ethical schools of thought to make better choices—and shows how these behaviors lead to success on the job.

CHARACTER BUILDING: Developing and maintaining personal ethics is an important part of becoming a competent, responsible public servant, and POLICE ETHICS, 2nd Edition gives readers the essential skills to do just that.

STIMULATING TOPICS: Each chapter concludes with a brief Chapter Summary and thought-provoking Topics for Discussion, Ethical Scenario and Writing Exercise to enhance reader comprehension and generate lively classroom discussions.

NEW CHAPTERS: "The Nature of Police Work" illustrates the paradoxes of police work and discusses the troublesome dynamics around which the police experience revolves. In Part III of the book, "On the Street," three chapters on police misconduct have been revised and condensed to give readers a more focused perspective of this critical issue.This section also contains a new chapter with expanded discussion of the causes of police deviance.

ETHICAL SCENARIOS: True-to-life examples of ethics on the job encourage readers to apply ethical concepts to practical situations.

WRITING EXERCISES: At the end of each chapter, writing exercises help readers to think critically about the chapter concepts.

HELPFUL KEY TERMS: Each chapter now concludes with a Key Terms section, which explains glossary terms throughout the readings, and reiterates their importance to readers.

MORE EXAMPLES: The second edition contains more contemporary and historical examples to illustrate key concepts.