Examples of cause corruption

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Noble cause corruption follows the teleological model of ethics. The approach emphasizes “good ends” and is a product of police officer “overinvestment” in their work. Police officers believe that in foregoing established legal procedures they will more effectively remove criminals from the street and protect the public from harm. Examples of cause corruption include falsifying reports, planting or the fabrication of evidence, and/or exceeding or abusing lawful authority. In doing so, police officers believe that a desirable ends in achieved (Martinelli, 2006).

Before starting this Assignment, be sure you have read the Martinelli article titled “Unconstitutional Policing.” View the following video segments regarding police practices.

Videos:

NYPD Frisk Program: Noble Cause Corruption

ABC News. (2013, May 1). NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk: Racial Profiling or ‘Proactive Policing’?[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jqXeW5C324

Washington State Police Officers Speeding: Ethical Decision Making?

ABC News. (2014, October 10). Washington Police Caught Speeding Past State Troopers[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmVVZRtrY5g

Austin Police Officer Arrest

CBS News. (2016, July 22). Video shows white cop in violent confrontation with black motorist. Retrieved from http://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-shows-white-cop-in-violent-confrontation-with-black-motorist/

Compose a 3–5-page essay that examines the merit of the police action. In your essay, please examine and apply concepts from the course that are relevant to the actions demonstrated by the police officers depicted.

Your essay should accomplish the following:

  • Identify whether the behavior is ethical or unethical
    • If ethical, what greater purpose or law enforcement responsibility does it serve to accomplish and why?
    • If the action is unethical, why is unethical and why does it not serve a law enforcement responsibility or tasking?
  • What theory or theories could be applied to either the ethical or unethical action or approach adopted by the police officer(s)?

The completed essay should be a minimum of 3 but no more than 5 pages in length. The essay should examine the action depicted, its merits, and effectively integrate ethical concepts and theory to your analysis. Outside research and APA style are necessary components of the essay.

Behavioral theory

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In a 12-15 slide PowerPoint® presentation (excluding title and reference slides) provide information as well as analyze the roles of the following areas in criminal justice leadership strategies and practices:

  • Organizational culture
  • Behavioral theory
  • Planning
  • Community relations

Your presentation should include, at a minimum, 3 slides with speaker notes, for each topic.

The PowerPoint presentation should have the following characteristics.

  • Contains a title and references slide.
  • Bullets for your main points.
  • Pictures to support your presentation where applicable.
  • Must include speaker notes to fully explain what is being discussed in the slide bullet points as though you are presenting to an audience.
  • Research from at least three credible sources to support the main message, including graphics.
  • Incorporate information from course readings, the course materials, or other library sources to support your discussion. Properly cite all sources of information by including in-text citations and a list of references.
  • Research and visuals are cited in APA citation format, both in-text and on a References slide. You need to quote material taken directly from a source.

Case C: Probationer Jonas, Indecent Sexual Behavior With A Minor

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Jonas has been placed on probation for indecent sexual behavior with a five-year-old boy. This is his first felony offense, with two prior misdemeanor offenses as an adult—one count of indecent exposure and one count of misdemeanor theft. Jonas is now 20 years of age and lives with his maternal aunt, who was his guardian from when he was the age of 12 until he turned 18. Jonas has never been to prison.

Jonas suffered emotional and sexual abuse from his stepfather and mother for the first six years of his life, when he became known to Social Services investigating his case. This investigation resulted in his stepfather being charged with Indecency with a Child, and Jonas was placed in foster care. While in foster care over the next several years, Jonas was adjudicated numerous times for fire setting and cruelty to animals, for which he was finally sent to juvenile detention. While in detention at the age of 12, he tried to hurt himself and was removed to a padded cell for further assessment. Testing revealed that Jonas had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and was prescribed Ritalin. He remained out of the system from the age of 12 until the age of 18, when he was arrested for indecent exposure.

His IQ was recently assessed using the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI test) and estimated to be 70 (verbal IQ was 72 and performance IQ 73). His current communicative and daily living skills are equivalent to that of an eight-year old boy, and his socialization domain is equivalent to that of a seven-year-old. He has a reduced capacity to learn new information and to solve problems. He has a fourth-grade education and cannot read very well. He has not yet registered as a sex offender in the state. The PSIR recommended some form of cognitive-behavioral treatment.

 

Which supervision conditions are pertinent to these sex offenders? Which additional conditions should be imposed on the offender in terms of his or her offense, and what challenges of community supervision does each case present?

Make sure to:

  • Write a short essay or paragraph of at least 300 words.

How would the defense go about proving LaBarre’s insanity under the New Hampshire statute?

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Sheila LaBarre has been accused of murdering two men in New Hampshire. At trial she has admitted the prosecution has enough evidence to prove she killed them and then burned one of their bodies but made a not guilty by reason of insanity plea.  She has stated that both men were pedophiles and made statements that she was an angel sent by God to get rid of pedophiles.

New Hampshire’s law with regard to insanity in criminal cases uses a two-pronged test to determine whether a defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity.  The burden is on the defense to present a case to prove insanity. That is why the defense goes first in an insanity trial, the opposite of a usual trial.

The defense must first show that LaBarre suffered from a mental disease or defect. Then, it must show the murders were a product of that mental disease or defect. Neither “mental disease” or “defect” has been defined by the Legislature or the courts which means it is up to the jury to decide whether the evidence presented about LaBarre qualifies.

How would the defense go about proving LaBarre’s insanity under the New Hampshire statute?   Under M’Nagthen?   Under Durham?   Do you think they would be successful?   Why or why not?

ADD WORKS CITED:

Textbook Schmalleger, F. (2006). Criminal law today: An introduction with capstone cases (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

As stated in the text, (Pg. 198) even when a defendant suffers from a disability, however, that disability alone is not sufficient to excuse him or her of criminal responsibility. Only when the disability has the effect of in some way contributing to the criminal activity in question will the actor be excused.

According to the text (Pg. 268) The wrongfulness component of the M’Naughten Rule has been criticized for the fact that it focuses only on the cognitive component of the personality. In other words, to know that one’s actions are wrong requires the ability to think and to judge. Also, the M’Naughten Rule does not allow for degrees of insanity. Under the rule, either a person knows what he or she is doing, and knows that it is wrong, or he or she does not. With this rule there is no middle ground.

The text also states that the Durham Rule, also known as the “product rule”, built on the court’s belief that an inability to distinguish right from wrong is merely a symptom of mental disease, and that behavior resulting from the disease is a more apt determinant of legal insanity (Pg. 271).