Character: Significance and Application in Criminal Justice

Character: Significance and Application in Criminal Justice
After reading Chapters 4 and 10 in Banks (2016), examine the need for strong, moral character for all participants in the criminal justice system. In your paper,

Explain how a criminal justice agency can ensure that it hires moral individuals;

Provide strategies for creating accountability in the area of ethical training and action;

Explain how an organization can create an expectation for moral conduct; and

Discuss how an organization can measure progress towards a moral and just criminal justice department.

The paper

Must be four to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center (Links to an external site.).

Must include a separate title page with the following:

Title of paper

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.

Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.

Required Resources
Text

Banks, C. (2016). Criminal justice ethics: Theory and practice (4th ed.). Retrieved from https://content.uagc.edu

Chapter 4: Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System

Chapter 10: Ethics and the “War on Terrorism”