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”