Ethical Behavior in Criminal Justice

Instructions

  Do not directly quote material  you use in this project paper.  There are ethical challenges in every aspect of the criminal justice system. Administrators are responsible for setting the tone for ethical conduct in the administration and operation of their agency.  You are to assume the role of the head (Chief, Director, Warden, etc.) of a fictitious criminal justice agency; e.g., police department or sheriff’s office, local detention center (adult or juvenile) prosecutors’ office, trial court, probation agency, correctional institution, parole board, parole agency, etc.  As the head administrator, you decide it is in the best interest of your agency to have a policy that sets forth how the agency will operate in an ethical manner…. similar to a Code of Ethical Conduct.

   In your paper you are to describe in detail your plan to insure ethical practices in your selected agency.  Hence how will your ethical policy be established?. Consequently who will be present in drafting the document?. What resources will you draw on or references?  etc.)  How will it be communicate to the members of the agency to ensure awareness and adoption? . Consequently how will you inspect to ensure compliance?.    How will you reinforce so that members of the agency clearly understand your seriousness?.  Remember the focus is on your plan and implementation not necessarily the contents of the policy.  You should also include information regarding the actual policy only as needed for reference and understanding.

NOTE:

The content of your ethics policy or code is irrelevant and, but for clarification or reference purposes should not be included in this project paper. Consequently, the paper should concentrate on your plan to create and Implement it.  Format Requirements therefore  Paper must be double spaced, 11 or 12 pt font and 1” margins all around.  All APA 7th edition format requirements must be followed (cover page, in text citations, reference page). Refer to APA/UMGC – learning resources found in the content page of this course.  You must have resources to support your thoughts/opinions/information.  These must be cited both in text as well as at the end of the document. Your paper should not contain direct quotes. Finally paraphrase source material .

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