Police ethics and the Jewish tradition / Stephen M. Passamaneck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Passamaneck, Stephen M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police ethics.

Jewish ethics.

Law enforcement--Moral and ethical aspects.

Law enforcement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas Publisher, Ltd., 2003.

Summary:

Jewish tradition has a great deal to say about morals and ethics in various modern fields of public concern, including police ethics. In Police Ethics and the Jewish Tradition, author Stephen Passamaneck explores three areas of interest: loyalty, bribery and gratuities, and deception. Loyalty will always be a part of police culture and administrators are faced with the task of minimizing its abuses. Jewish tradition encourages the support of the whistleblower who exposes wrongdoing for the sake of the public good. This can sometimes lead to a clash between tradition and the "blue wall of silen

Contents:

POLICE ETHICS AND THE JEWISH TRADITION; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 GROUP LOYALTY; Chapter 3 BRIBERY AND GRATUITIES; Chapter 4 DECEPTION; Chapter 5 REVIEW AND SUMMATION; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-398-08352-5

OCLC:

689997453