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Contents

  1. Introduction

  2. About the Book

  3. Acknowledgements: eCampusOntario

  4. Chapter 1: Ethical Behaviour

    1. Glossary

    2. References

    3. 1.3 As Employees in Law Enforcement Agencies

    4. 1.2 Ethics and the Pursuit of a Law Enforcement Career

    5. 1.1 The Importance of Ethical Behaviour

  5. Chapter 2: Ethical Systems

    1. Glossary

    2. 2.8 Natural Law

    3. 2.7 Religion or Divine Command Theory

    4. 2.6 Egoism

    5. 2.5 Ethics of Care

    6. 2.4 Virtue Ethics

    7. 2.3 Deontology

    8. 2.2 Utilitarian Ethics

    9. 2.1 Major Ethical Systems

    10. 2.9 Social Contract Theory

    11. 2.10 Rawls’ Theory of Justice

    12. 2.11 Moral Relativism

    13. References

  6. Chapter 3: Ethical Dilemmas and the Process of Effective Resolution

    1. References

    2. 3.1 Ethical Dilemmas

    3. 3.2 Values

    4. 3.3 Solving Ethical Dilemmas

  7. Chapter 4: Key Ethical Issues within Law Enforcement

    1. Glossary

    2. 4.4 Person, Gender, and Cultural Differences in Conformity

    3. References

    4. 4.6 Gratuities

    5. 4.5 Ethical Issues during an Investigation

      1. Caseload Management

    6. 4.3 The Milgram Experiment

    7. 4.2 The Ethics of Power and Authority

    8. 4.1 Ethical Issues

  8. Chapter 5: Accountability and Investigation

    1. References

    2. 5.5 Independent Investigations Office

    3. 5.4 Investigation Models

    4. 5.3 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

    5. 5.2 British Columbia’s Police Act

    6. 5.1 Autonomy and Accountability

  9. Chapter 6: Policing

    1. References

    2. 6.4 Ethics of Private Policing

    3. 6.3 Sex Offender Notification Laws

    4. 6.2 Policing Public Demonstrations and Crowd Control

    5. 6.1 Noble Cause Corruption

    6. Glossary

  10. Chapter 7: Discretion, Supervision, and Leadership

    1. 7.5 Ethical Leadership

    2. 7.4 Loyalty

    3. 7.3 Selective Enforcement

    4. 7.2 Discretion and Supervision

    5. 7.1 The Ethics Surrounding Discretion

    6. 7.6 Transactional and Transformational Leadership

    7. References

    8. Glossary

  11. Chapter 8: The Culture of Law Enforcement

    1. Glossary

    2. References

    3. 8.4 Moral Culpability versus Legal Culpability

    4. 8.3 Skepticism and Cynicism

    5. 8.2 Socialization of Police

    6. 8.1 Police Subculture

  12. Appendix. The British Columbia Police Code of Ethics

  13. About the Authors