Assess The Role Of Ethics In The Criminal Justice System

Law enforcement professions ensure obedience to the laws. The judiciary officials are judicial authorities of a country. Correction is the action or process of correct something. Law enforcement professionals, judiciary officials, and corrections all are important to the criminal justice system. It is important to know the purpose of each branch. Justice is not the main virtue of the constitution, but due process is. The judiciary officials have the final say in a court ruling; therefore, I think that the judiciary branch is the most important branch of the criminal justice system.

Professionals in the judiciary, including prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges, must execute justice by upholding the law in an ethical manner (Silver, 2014).

Anything with value is worth fighting for as well as sacrificing for (Fears, 2008). Values positively influence decision making. Personal values are formed by our upbringing. For example, cultural and ethnic background, religious beliefs and personal experiences form personal values (Wright, 2012). Societal values are ideals that are held by a culture or group (Fears, 2008). Understanding and expectation of ethics and ethical behavior is part of societal values (Fears, 2008). Integrity, honesty, hard work, kindness, compassion, empathy, sympathy, justice, and bravery are all ideals of societal values (Fears, 2008). Ethics are moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior (Lauritsen,

People commit crimes mainly out of desperation (Fears, 2008). Also, some criminals commit crimes for survival while others try to make as much money as possible for as little work as possible (Silver, 2014). Although criminals may be intelligent, no matter how much money they have criminals must serve the time or probation they are sentenced. Criminals usually have money for bond and lawyers. Demonology is the oldest known explanatory model of behavior (Fears, 2008). Often it is thought that criminal behavior was the result of a possessed mind and body (Fears, 2008). There is only one way to exorcise the evil which is by some torturous means (Wright, 2012). Since the mid 1800's the scientific community has explored the question of why people commit crime (Fears, 2008). The judiciary professionals think of what made criminals commit such crime (Fears, 2008). This is important to do because the punishment of the crime must be reasonable and fair (Wright, 2012). Also, criminals that know the law and by knowing the law criminals can reduce their time or get their case