What do you think are the leading causes of police officers to violate their ethical/moral beliefs? In other words, what do you think are the leading causes of police corruption?

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This assignment will be in the form of a research paper. For those of you who have not done a research paper, I will give you a topic question or issue. It is your job to conduct your own research on it within the parameters of the topic question or issue and provide your own educated opinion on it. The topic for this assignment is: What do you think are the leading causes of police officers to violate their ethical/moral beliefs? In other words, what do you think are the leading causes of police corruption? Review all the material that has been provided to you throughout the course this year, especially the supplementary readings. Discuss in your research paper the following:

1) What frames police officers ethics/morals: whether it be police academy training, personal beliefs (parents/religion), or a police culture 2) What causes police officers to violate their beliefs – e.g. what causes them to be unethical or corrupt: whether it be inherent racism, the police culture (the “thin blue line” of loyalty), economic greed, stresses of the job, etc. Conduct your own research. There is a wealth of information online as well as in the library that discusses the topic. A simple Google search should bring you in the right direction – from there, choose several primary sources that support your theories on which are the primary motivators that cause police officers to violate their own “code of ethics”.