Ethical Dilemma/Issue in the Criminal Justice System

TOPIC: "Police Brutality"

Submit an annotated bibliography with at least seven (7) valid sources that you will use as the basis for your paper. Annotated bibliographies also gather the reference materials and help summarize the articles, books, etc. you will be using in your paper. Be sure to take a case example to explain the ethics.

Police interactions often can be misconstrued, or sometimes turned around against an officer. Although criminals are "innocent until proven guilty" in a court of law, questionable behavior and complaints against officers can be filed by even the most violent of criminals. Often, the officer may restrain a potentially dangerous citizen, and be accused of excessive force. Overall, this results in not only a mark against the institution of law enforcement and the officer specifically, but also in a lack of action in future enforcements. The officers may not want to put themselves at risk for further complaints.

Ethical issues have existed in relation to government, policing and international politics for centuries. The standard code of ethics that law enforcement personnel and public servants are asked to uphold can often be translated subjectively by individuals, resulting in the possibility of ethically questionable conduct. Ethical issues regarding brutality have become an increasing challenge in criminal justice.