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Corruption within Community Corrections

The police arrested Jack Daniels for driving under the influence of alcohol.  Daniels had no criminal history, which made him eligible for diversion.  If Daniels completes his diversionary contract within 90-days, the court will dismiss his charges. Daniels accept the diversion contract in which he must attend a group counseling meeting each week for 90-days given by Mike Ponzi a community corrections counselor.  

Daniels happens to have a good job and makes 200,000 dollars a year.  After attending the first counseling meeting, Daniels feels that these meetings are beneath him and a waste of time.  At the second meeting, Daniels waits for all the other members to leave then approaches Ponzi, and says, “I would like to offer you two roundtrip airline tickets to anywhere in the Continental U.S.  All you have to do is sign off on my attendance sheet that I have to turn into the court to prove that I attended all my meetings.”

Ponzi replies, “I suppose it would not hurt anything to sign off on your sheet, you are not a repeat offender.  I will do it but if you ever say I did this, I will tell the court that you forged my signature.”

Daniels hands Ponzi the airline ticket vouchers.

Ponzi postdated the rest of the meetings on Daniels attendance sheet, signs off on it, hands it back to Daniels and says, “It is a pleasure doing business with you.”

Assignment:

In 2 to 3 paragraphs, identify the ethical system that you believe explains the scenario above- support your response.  Also, apply information from chapter 13 and discuss some of the consequences that may occur from Ponzi’s misconduct.  Give an example of how organizations can reduce unethical behaviors from community correction personnel.

For additional help go to this link

https://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/AdultProbation/docs/civilLiab.pdf 

You will post a 250-word reply to 2 classmate’s threads. The reply requires a minimum of 1 properly formatted citation. Each reply must be completed by you, the individual student. Additionally, each thread and reply must reflect a solid Christian worldview through the use of at least 1 Holy Bible reference. Responding to a classmate’s post requires both the addition of new ideas and analysis. A particular point made by the classmate must be addressed and built upon by your analysis in order to move the conversation forward. Thus, the response post is a rigorous assignment that requires you to build upon initial posts to develop deeper and more thorough discussion of the ideas introduced in the initial posts. As such, reply posts that merely affirm, restate, or unprofessionally quarrel with the previous post(s) and fail to make a valuable, substantive contribution to the discussion will receive appropriate point deductions.

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(Response from Tiffany F.) 

Social disorganization, “An are that delinquency emerges in neighborhoods where the neighborhoods relationships and institutions have broken down and can no longer maintain effective social controls…”(Bernard, 2015, 144) These negative actions/behaviors become one that the residents of the neighborhood begin to believe in and feel themselves (Bernard, 2015). 

          An article discuss Flint Michigan, not only has there been a major water crisis but the article states that Flint Michigan is one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. and that is partially attributed to poverty (Hall, 2016). In many cities there is a certain level of social control that is no longer maintained. There is a lack in the interaction and involvement of the city and many times takes the citizens of the city to began initiative to encourage and prompt help on behalf of others. There is limited amount of action that can take place on behalf of the citizens that reside in a city. If it is poverty stricken and has little to no resources to come out of the poverty there will be little change in the neighborhood. 

       This is the second half to social disorganization, after living in poverty and realizing that there is no change, a sense of pride and hope is lost and there is a limited revered consequences that may occur for one’s behavior. With this, individuals can take on the mindset of the community, which is hopelessness, despair and a dis stain for the future. This has been the circular theme for many communities that deal with high delinquency rates along with poverty. 

     In my own personal experience, I grew up in a city where the poverty and despair was split down the middle. On one section of the town, there were wealthy doctors and lawyers, and the middle there were middle-class and not considered impoverished but minimally thriving and then there was the impoverished side with ghetto’s and mostly minorities. Although, there was plenty of money to go around the city invested their money in the areas that they desired and it showed. All the while, Community centers closed, and some began to deteriorate, the homes that were in the middle are not on the decline, and that is usually where some crime mostly settled.

           The city has the choice to turn many things around but rather go around the perimeter and up keep those sections rather then fix and aid in the beautification and maintenance of the city. This would blur those lines of the “disorganization that begins to happen and create solidarity and growth. 

Many other countries have but a single, unified police force. Do you believe that implementing a national police force of this type would work in the United States? Why, or why not?

REPLY TO MY CLASSMATE’S RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE? (A MINIMUM OF 100 WORDS or MORE)

                                                         CLASSMATE’S POST

There is not a national police force in the America, where policing is organized in every state according to the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) on a local and state basis. Having one National Police Force would not work or be beneficial to the citizens because every state is, and city is different and unique. The United States has around 500,000 police officers and a total of 40,000 separate police forces, over half of which are simply one or two-man sheriffs’ offices in small towns. The founders did not want a police state. They knew that concentrating power in one police organization leads to tyranny. Many citizens believe that racial injustice is simply a part of police officers’ manner of operation. As such, in some areas, police agencies have lost their legitimacy. Legitimacy, according to Peak and Giacomazzi (2019), is the extent to which the community believes that police actions are appropriate, proper, and just.

In considering all politics is local. Therefore, local policing is more in tune to the needs of the community they are tasked to police. Even Federal Police, such as US Capitol Police, ATF and Border Patrol, are constrained by their respective missions. America it is NOT a single nation, but a Union of 50 different ‘nations,’ or states that came collectively to make a small principal government for the collective protections of local citizens. Each U.S. State is unique, it has its own unique laws, justice system, and law enforcement agencies. The federal law enforcement agencies (like the FBI) are brought in for cases where a criminal has committed crimes in more than one State, or has committed crimes in federal jurisdiction for example, on a federal military installation, located within a specific U.S. State. Police Chiefs and executives are now becoming much more heavily involved in what is constitutional policing which is a cornerstone of community policing and the efforts of problems solving (Peak, & Giacomazzi, 2019). Therefore, a national Police Force will create more problem and is not necessary. It’s against the political philosophy of America. The longtime director J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI was watchful in preventing any effort to turn the FBI into a form of national police force. The FBI is an INVESTIGATIVE agency.  It would invest too much power into a single agency. The U.S. prefers multiple agencies, both federal and state and local, to respond to specific law enforcement needs.

                                                                             References

Peak, K. J., & Giacomazzi, A. L. (2019). Justice administration: Police, courts, and corrections management (9th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson

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Official Misconduct

Prologue:

Today at noon, an undercover, Federal Agent, Hans Cuff arranged a briefing at the sheriff’s department.  All the ATF agents, Grantham County Deputies, and University City Officers involved in the drug investigation regarding the large shipment of meth were present for this meeting. 

Cuff informed the officers that the confidential informant, Mookie, called him this morning to fill him in on the details of the shipment of meth.  Mookie told Cuff to be at 123 Elm Street, University City, at 3:00 p.m.; this is when and where the delivery of meth will take place. After the briefing, Cuff was fitted with a wire so the other officers could hear what was transpiring in the house. All the officers received their instructions on where to post around the house and down the street so as not to draw attention to themselves.  At 2:45 p.m., Agent Cuff arrived at 123 Elm Street and knocked at the door.

 Mookie answered the door and told Cuff to come inside; once Cuff stepped into the house, Mookie shut the door behind him.  All of a sudden, Dreadford grabbed Cuff’s right arm and another male who Cuff did not know grabbed his left arm. Mookie put a gun to the back of Cuff’s head and told him to kneel. 

Cuff slowly kneeled to the floor; he said, “The same thing happened to me in Vegas” (This was the safe phrase to alert the other officers that Cuff was in trouble).  In no time at all, several officers kicked in the front and back doors, entered the house, and held all three suspects at gunpoint.  The officers arrested Mookie, Dreadford, and the other male identified as Pedro Ramirez without incident. After reading the suspects Miranda warnings, both Dreadford and Ramirez asked for an attorney, so the officers booked these two into the county jail.   

Mookie was the only one who agreed to talk but only if he could get a deal.  Detective Stubblefield said he would speak to the county prosecutor and see what he could do.  However, the deal was dependent on the value of the information.  Mookie told Detective Stubblefield that the dispatcher dating Dreadford is the one who gave them all the confidential information on the city and county’s drug investigations.  Mookie asked Detective Stubblefield if the information was good enough to get a deal.

Detective Stubblefield said, “I believe it is.”  Detective Stubblefield put Mookie into protective custody and booked him in the county jail where the correctional officers will make sure to segregate Mookie from other inmates.

Based on the information Mookie provided, Stubblefield received a warrant to search Badpenny’s house.  When the officers served the warrant, and arrested and charged Imogene Badpenny with possession of methamphetamines (felony), possession of drug paraphernalia (misdemeanor), and official misconduct (misdemeanor) (using her position at the sheriff’s office to access confidential information for personal gain).  While at Badpenny’s house, the officers’ uncovered evidence to collaborate Mookie’s story about the documents Badpenny obtained for Dreadford regarding the drug investigations.

After Badpenny’s arrest, the sheriff fired her, and with the loss of her job, Badpenny did not have enough money to hire an attorney.  During Badpenny’s arraignment, Judge Noble Hands had Badpenny fill out indigent paperwork to request a public defender and set her bond at $50,000.  Badpenny was not able to post bond given her financial situation, so she returned to the jail where Badpenny will stay until her next court appearance.

Assignment:

Write a paper, discussing the ethical system that explains why Badpenny’s gave Dreadford confidential information, and how indigency affects an offender’s ability to receive competent council.  Also, analyze how conflicts of interest may occur with attorneys (both prosecution and defense) along with the judge in the above scenario.  

*Hint: remember, Badpenny has worked for the sheriff’s department for years and lives in the community; she probably knows all of the attorneys and judges.

Scenario:

Sue Yoo is a new attorney fresh out of law school.  Yoo has accepted a position with the Grantham County District Attorney’s office as an assistant prosecuting attorney. The first day on the job, Chris P. Bacon, who is also an assistant district attorney introduces himself to Yoo and says, “I am your mentor for the first 90-days to help you get acclimated to your new job.”  Bacon shows Yoo to her office. As Yoo admires her, new oak desk and bookcase filled with brand-new law books, Bacon hands Yoo the large stack of files he had been carrying. Bacon tells Yoo, “These are your files to prosecute.” Bacon turns away from Yoo and starts to walk toward the door, but instead of leaving, he shuts the door quietly.  Bacon then turns around and walks back to Yoo’s desk and states, “I do not know what you learned in law school, but in the real world, the attorneys around here work under time and money constraints.” Bacon continues to explain how the attorneys handle the cases in their office and the point system. Yoo looked confused, and asked Bacon, “What are you trying to tell me?” Bacon said, “Yoo, you look like a smart girl, so let me lay it out for you, get through these cases quickly, offer the defendants’ plea deals, and for each case that ends with a conviction, you will get five points.” At the end of the month, the assistant district attorney with the most points receives an extra day of vacation, off the books, of course.” Bacon pauses, looks Yoo in the eyes, and states, “If you have a problem with this, there is the door, and this conversation never happened, but if not, welcome to the team.”

“Always remember that law is considered the basement of morality; even if you never break a law that does not automatically make you a moral person” (Pollock, 2019, p. 75).

References

Pollock, J. M. (2019). Ethical dilemmas and decisions in criminal justice (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Assignment:

Apply two out of the seven  – Bandura’s mechanisms (workgroup and organizational influences) to the above scenario.  Evaluate how the ethical climate of an organization precipitates how employees behave and believe what acceptable ethical behavior is in the workplace.