Ethical Dilemmas In The Criminal Justice System

Similarly both attorneys and police officers face dilemmas that are entwined with their line of work. Two main comparable ethical dilemmas are personal gain and the abuse of power. Some attorneys deny the liberty or even the bail of some defendants, when it is reasonable, just because they want to. Certainly this leads to the ideal of abuse of power. Also, many attorneys receive “compensations, benefits, and pay-offs” in order to get someone off-the-hook or to speed up the case. Equally, police officers abuse their power and constantly ponder on personal gain. Even though both police officers and attorneys are active in the Criminal Justice System on a daily basis, I deduce that police officers face more ethical issues. The complex duties that an officer has to undergo during his time on duty, may cause concerns on public satisfaction. Officers deal with everyday situations that require them to make split second decisions as society expects a ‘reaction’ from them. Compared to attorneys, officers are constantly in the public’s eye and unethical conduct is a character of

"Even though the suspect was in the midst of ar armed robbery and the officer only wounded him, I saw the ways that the action tore into the officer's soul and forced him to second-guess himself." We all let the unethical actions of a few officers, damage the law enforcement image entirely. This insight, gives us the chance to see how hard our law enforcement works in order to keep us safe, and how many of them are truly affected, when faced with life-threatening situations. I tend to believe that no matter what choice the officer takes, there will always be a issue of morality, because as human beings we are all interconnected with different point of views in how we view the behaviors of the