Research Catalog

Title

Character and cops : ethics in policing / Edwin J. Delattre.

Author

Delattre, Edwin J.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Description

xxxii, 371 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

This book is a study of the nature and formation of the moral integrity and intellectual competence that make individuals and institutions worthy of the public trust.

Subject

• Police > United States > Social conditions
• Police ethics > United States
• Police psychology > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-358) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain
• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Patrick V. Murphy -- Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Excellence of character -- 2. The mission of police -- 3. The public trust and probity -- 4. Discretion -- 5. Public corruption for profit -- 6. Authority and reform in controlling corruption -- 7. Leadership and the character of a department -- 8. Illegal narcotics-moral issues and public policy -- 9. The fundamentals of character and training -- 10. Deliberation and moral problems in training -- 11. Tragedy and "noble cause" corruption -- 12. Death and bereavement, deadly force and guilt -- 13. Taking our lives seriously -- 14. Fatalism, microcosms, and therapeutic reductions -- 15. Ethical ideals, youth violence, and gang enforcement -- 16. Police, the O.J. Simpson trial, and race -- 17. The spirit of public service and individual conscience -- Appendix A.A guide to the further study of ethics in policing -- Appendix B. Internal affairs and integrity -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.

ISBN

0844739731 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^96028965^

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Harvard Library