Professional Law Enforcement Codes: A Documentary Collection

by John Kleinig, Yurong Zhang

Although law enforcement codes have a history that parallels most other recent occupational and professional codes, they have been almost completely ignored in the literature of occupational and professional ethics. This volume fills that gap and offers teachers in criminal justice ethics and law enforcement practitioners a rich selection of materials that have emerged in the course of law enforcement professionalization. The book's historical and international orientation reveals something of the development and variety of code formation. A detailed introduction covers the role of codes in professional life as well as the purposes, problems, and value of ethical codes. The substantial bibliography offers students and scholars of professional ethics a unique resource for further research.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 1993

About the author

John Kleinig is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and in the PhD Program in Philosophy, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York. He is also an Adjunct Research Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Charles Sturt University (Australia). He is the author/editor of 22 books, blogs for The Critique, and is currently completing a book to be titled Ends and Means in Policing.