COMP 2 Annotated Bibliography

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Sample Annotated Bibliography
This is an example of an annotated bibliography for a persuasive research paper about morality in policing. Your annotated bibliography should include a title page. See assignment instructions.

Bell, G. C., Hopson, M. C., Craig, R., & Robinson, N. W. (2014). Exploring Black and
White Accounts of 21st-Century Racial Profiling: Riding and Driving While Black. Qualitative Research Reports In Communication, 15(1), 33-42. http://doi.10.1080/17459435.2014.955590

This scholarly article depicts accounts of African Americans being pulled over for no apparent reason other than being black. It shows the issues of racial divide in our country with people who drive the same car, but are not the same skin color can have different interactions with a police officer. I think this works pretty well with my paper being that I would consider it immoral to hold one race over another.
Dirikx, A., Van den Bulck, J., & Parmentier, S. (2012). The Police as Societal Moral Agents:
“Procedural Justice” and the Analysis of Police Fiction. Journal Of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 56(1), 38-54. http://doi.10.1080/08838151.2011.651187

This article speaks about how our police officers are both the country’s dirty workers, as well as its moral backbone. I think they are trying to say that without our police officers here to enforce our laws that we have in place today, we would be in chaos, which I surely believe.
Durlauf, S. N. (2006). Assessing Racial Profiling. Economic Journal, 116(515), F402-F426.

http://doi.10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01129.x

The journal heavily talks about how racial profiling is affecting minorities, as well as how often police agencies use it. It not only uses statistics, but also shows complex algorithms to determine the probability that someone of a minority status will be profiled.
First-Order Considerations: Moral Limits on Coercive Interrogation. (2006). Michigan Law

Review, 104(4), 676-682.
This work seemed to dig into the idea of human rights violation that can really question morality. Many forms of interrogation today could still violate people’s rights, even if it lacks physical harm. Mental abuse as a form of interrogation should not be tolerated, and it shows lack of moral character by the person performing the interrogation.
Hayle, S., Wortley, S., & Tanner, J. (2016). Race, street life, and policing: Implications for racial
profiling. Canadian Journal Of Criminology & Criminal Justice, 58(3), 322-353. http://doi.10.3138/cjccj.2014.E32

This article looks at the unfortunate profiling of people solely based on their race, and how it affects them in everyday life. It especially shows how bad this can affect minorities because of the influence it has on young adults and kids who are routinely stopped by police officers in the street. This can lead to a negative relationship between minorities and officers as time goes on.
Johnson, M. (2012). There is no moral faculty. Philosophical Psychology, 25(3), 409-432.

http://doi.10.1080/09515089.2011.579423

This article pertained mostly to morality derived from a naturalistic view. Mostly from how someone’s morality is found through their primitive instincts. It does give insight into how this can play a role into morality of policing.
Loyens, K. (2014). Rule bending by morally disengaged detectives: an ethnographic
study. Police Practice & Research, 15(1), 62-74. doi:10.1080/15614263.2013.770941
This article speaks mostly about how people in the criminal justice system can “bend the rules” to their advantage to get ahead in their career as well as make their jobs easier. This rule bending can have very bad consequences on people affected by this. The officers that do this lack moral character.
Miller, S. (2014). Police Detectives, Criminal Investigations and Collective Moral
Responsibility. Criminal Justice Ethics, 33(1), 21-39. http://doi.10.1080/0731129X.2014.906094

This paper was interesting because it looked at the moral characteristics needed to conduct an investigation, as well as understanding what lead a person who committed a crime to doing this. This shows that change in morality of the suspect. The morality that is needed for the conducting of an investigation is huge, partly because if you do not care about the outcome of the case, it could seriously effect someone in the process.
Norberg, K. (2013). Legislation vs. morality – a police officer’s ethical dilemma. Police Practice

& Research, 14(1), 35-44. http://doi.10.1080/15614263.2011.627741
This article seemed to really put into perspective the dilemma that officers have to face when punishing someone for something that they do not believe is right. A for instance could be the use of marijuana. They could believe that doing that drug should not be punishable by law and therefore is immoral for him to punish a person caught doing it.
Prenzler, T., Beckley, A., & Bronitt, S. (2013). Police gifts and benefits scandals: addressing
deficits in policy, leadership and enforcement. International Journal Of Police Science &

Management, 15(4), 294-304. http://doi.10.1350/ijps.2013.15.4.319

I think this article really gives an idea of morality for officers because it can be very tempting to succumb to it’s temptations. Many officers have been offered to be bribed, or given certain favors to look the other way. I’m sure this can be a very challenging obstacle for some, but it is what can separate if an officer is considered moral or not.
Williams, K. R. (2010). An Assessment of Moral and Character Education in Initial Entry
Training (IET). Journal Of Military Ethics, 9(1), 41-56. http://doi.10.1080/15027570903523107
In this journal, it speaks of the tests that are taken by police cadets as they go through the steps to become a police officer. The tests can ask an officer’s response when put into a certain situation, to find out what their moral character would be. This can be very useful to figure out if a police officer will do the right thing.