Police Ethics: The Corruption of Noble Cause

by Michael A. Caldero, John P. Crank

This book provides an examination of noble cause, how it emerges as a fundamental principle of police ethics and how it can provide the basis for corruption. The noble cause ― a commitment to "doing something about bad people" ― is a central "ends-based" police ethic that can be corrupted when officers violate the law on behalf of personally held moral values. This book is about the power that police use to do their work and how it can corrupt police at the individual and organizational levels. It provides students of policing with a realistic understanding of the kinds of problems they will confront in the practice of police work.

368 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1999

Reviews

[Matt]

Excellent book. One of the best used for promotional process because it defines corruption in very real and practical terms of the noble cause, instead of some insatiable misdeeds precipitated by the slippery slope.

[Laura Clark]

for police promotional study material it wasn't too bad. new spin on an old problem.