These ethical problems and methods mainly affect the three top aspects of the law enforcement process that is the police, courts, and the correctional facilities. Every member of the police department, the court systems, and the correctional facilities is expected to behave in a specified manner in the execution of their duties to uphold integrity and order (Pollock, 2007). The existence of a set of rules governing these three bodies under the criminal justice department ensures that every act is done by the law of the land and for the common good of the concerned population or the globe as a …show more content…
Corruption among judges is the most disturbing and common unethical practice since it hinders justice to affected individuals. Powerful and wealthy individuals seem always to find their way out in court cases by bribing the presiding judges, leaving the economically challenged and the ordinary citizens without a voice to seek justice for them. Another major ethical issue is the delay of cases, causing delayed justice since justice delayed is justice denied (Prenzler, 2009). Some cases get a hearing for a very long time from the date registration or even after getting the first hearing they keep on being adjourned for very trivial reasons hence unnecessarily prolonging the whole