Transcript KU - Criminal Justice Ethics CJ-340

KAPLAN UNIVERSITY
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ETHICS
CJ-340
Unit #7
Lance Oakland
THERAPEUTIC VISION
 Rising
popularity of therapeutic
vision of human beings as victims
rather than responsible for their
actions
THERAPEUTIC VISION
 Rising
popularity of therapeutic
vision of human beings as victims
rather than responsible for their
actions
 Many believe adults and children are
merely victims of genetic or
environmental circumstances beyond
their control
THERAPEUTIC VISION
See’s
humans merely as
victims of a host of diseases
that require treatment &
compassion.
THERAPEUTIC VISION

Believes humans are NOT responsible for their
own fate
THERAPEUTIC VISION


Believes humans are NOT responsible for their
own fate
Humans are primarily objects of therapy
THERAPEUTIC VISION
 Police
agencies are microcosms of society!!
THERAPEUTIC VISION
 Police
agencies are microcosms of society!!
…… Society is corrupt, therefore, so is
law enforcement…..
THERAPEUTIC VISION

Believes that people thrust into corrupt
institutions have no choice but to become corrupt.
FATALISM VIEW

Puts the solution to problems beyond our reach
and thereby spares us responsibility for them.
RAMIFICATIONS

What if society protected illegal drug users under
the “Americans with Disabilities Act”…???
RAMIFICATIONS
What if society protected illegal drug users under
the “Americans with Disabilities Act”..???
 Would L.E. agencies then be required to hire
drug abusers???

RAMIFICATIONS

If we do not hold the offender responsible for the
crime then who do we hold responsible?

Perhaps the Victim?????
She deserved to be raped, she left her bedroom window
open
 So what if he was lost, then severely beaten, he had no right
to be driving in that neighborhood.

RAMIFICATIONS

Under the therapeutic way of thinking, it would
be acceptable and understandable to have a
certain percentage of corruption in police
agencies and for that matter, any public body.
RAMIFICATIONS
Therapeutic Vision
threatens both
liberty and justice “treatment” –
denies due process,
individual responsibilities
and
individual rights
DOUBLE STANDARDS
Higher Standard vs Double Standard
 Is there an expectation of Higher Standards in:

Police agencies?
 All government agencies?

DOUBLE STANDARDS
Higher Standard vs Double Standard
 Is there an expectation of Higher Standards in:

Police agencies?
 All government agencies?


Should there be?
HIGHER STANDARDS
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A progressive obliteration by politicians of the
distinction between higher standards for public
servants and double standards within
government itself (trend away from higher
standards transcends all party politics and
threatens excellence in public service
HIGHER STANDARDS

Higher and Double Standards
Rising above the microcosm
HIGHER STANDARDS

Higher and Double Standards
Rising above the microcosm
Don’t collapse “Higher” Standards into
“Double” Standards
HIGHER STANDARDS

Higher and Double Standards
Rising above the microcosm
Don’t collapse “Higher” Standards into
“Double” Standards
Higher Standards aspire to excellence in
public services
HIGHER STANDARDS

Higher and Double Standards
Rising above the microcosm
Don’t collapse “Higher” Standards into
“Double” Standards
Higher Standards aspire to excellence in
public services
Double Standards bring cynicism among
public servants and within the public
NEXT WEEK – UNIT #8
Next Weeks Seminar:
Character and Cops:
Police,
the O.J. Simpson Trial,
and Race
Have
a
Good
Week
Everyone!!