Law Enforcement Ethics

Brian D. Fitch, PhD, is an adjunct professor of criminal justice at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Fitch served for 34 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department before retiring as a lieutenant. He has worked assignments in field operations, narcotics, forgery and fraud, advanced officer training, professional development, custody, and correctional services. Dr. Fitch has trained more than 10,000 law enforcement officers throughout the United States, as well as internationally in Canada, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, in leadership, decision making, and communication skills. He has held positions at California State University–Long Beach, Southwestern University School of Law, Cerritos College, Riverside College, and East Los Angeles College. Dr. Fitch teaches in the leadership development programs sponsored by the Los Angeles Police Department, and Los Angeles Fire Department. Dr. Fitch has published two prior books with Sage, Law Enforcement Ethics: Classic and Contemporary Issues (2013) and Law Enforcement Interpersonal Communication and Conflict Management: The IMPACT Model. Dr. Fitch lives in Orange County, California, with his wife, Monica.

• Chapter 1 - Law Enforcement: An Introduction - J.J. KlaverChapter 2 - Psychological Evaluations of Law Enforcement Applicants: The Search for Ethical Officers - Ana M. Gamez and Gary G. CollinsChapter 3 - Rhetoric Versus Reality: Why Ethics Training Fails – And What Can Be Done To Fix It - Brian D. Fitch, Christine H. Jones, Luann P. PannellChapter 4 - The Role of Supervision in Motivating and Maintaining a Culture of Ethics - Brian D. Fitch, Randy B. Means, Gregory SeidelChapter 5 - Ethics and Accountability: Policy and Oversight in the United Kingdom - Attilio R. GrandaniChapter 6 - Police Misconduct: Weakness of the Will - Theron L. Bowman and Daniel T. PrimozicChapter 7 - Bad Apple or Bad Barrel: Social Learning Theory as a Paradigm for Understanding Law Enforcement Misconduct - Brian D. Fitch and Christine H. JonesChapter 8 - Ethics, Enforcement, and the Prospect of Professionalism - Aaron D. Conley and Bryon G. GustafsonChapter 9 - The Psychology of Marginality - Paul T. Zipper and Tina AdamsChapter 10- Psychological and Neurophysiological Correlates, Determinants, and Predictors of Misconduct in Law Enforcement Officers With Subclinical Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - Amir Hamidi and Patrick M.KogaChapter 11 - Ethics in Police Use of Force: Duty, Principle, and Morality - Kevin A. Elliott and Joycelyn M. PollockChapter 12 - Law Enforcement Interrogations: An Ethical Perspective - James L. RuffinChapter 13 - Law Enforcement Promotional Practices: The Ultimate Test of Ethics - Alexandro VillamuevaChapter 14 - Henry Louis Gates and Racial Profiling: What′s the Problem? - Bernard E. HarcourtChapter 15 - Leading Within the Era of Superagencies: Recruiting, Educating, Inspiring, and Retaining the Post 9/11 Generation of Officers - Kelly W. SunbergChapter 16 -Implementing Democratic Policing Reform: Challenges and Constraints in Developing Countries - Cyndi BanksChapter 17 - The Tarnished Badge: The Effects of Off-duty Misconduct - David MasseyChapter 18 - Public Information in the Age of Youtube: Citizen Journalism and the Expanding Scope of Police Accountability - Jarret Lovell

Very substantive topics; easy read; quality practical implications.