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2008 In-Service Training

CAREER SURVIVAL: Truth or Consequences. 2008 In-Service Training. Truth, Justice and the American Way. Training Objectives. Assess the nature of truth in three contexts: religious, scientific and social. Identify the concept of Noble Cause Corruption.

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2008 In-Service Training

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  1. CAREER SURVIVAL: Truth or Consequences 2008 In-Service Training

  2. Truth, Justice and the American Way

  3. Training Objectives • Assess the nature of truth in three contexts: religious, scientific and social. • Identify the concept of Noble Cause Corruption. • List four possible consequences of lying under oath. • Appraise the consequences of Mark Fuhrman’s testimony in California v. Simpson.

  4. The Greek Word for Truth Veritas This is the basis for our word VERDICT. www.forcounsel.com/products/1704.jpg

  5. The Religious View • Identifies the truth with God’s testament to man. • God’s word is the eternal truth. • This truth is so, even if contradicted by science. • No other truth can or should exist.

  6. The Scientific View • Critical of the divine view of truth. • All truths exist within the realm of empirical science and substance. • The truth must be tangible, repeatable and clinically testable.

  7. The Sociological View • Does not negate the powerful word of God. • Allows for liberal interpretations of the truth. • A hybrid of the Religious and Scientific views.

  8. The Origins of Lying

  9. The Religionist View • The “fall from grace theory.” • Everyone is born with the propensity to commit evil. • Lying is a manifestation of evil. • The propensity to lie increases in adulthood due to unsavory social demands. • Adults will lie to gain an advantage or to avoid pain.

  10. The Sociological View • Lying is a learned behavior. • Lying is not genetically based. • Moral character is an acquired trait. • Lying is a product of deficient learning. • Lying can become seductive, compulsive and in some cases, addictive.

  11. Lying in Policing • Collars for Dollars • Unnecessary witnesses • Skyrocketing overtime costs • Described as ‘Racketeering’

  12. Lying in Policing (continued) • Lying to a suspect in interrogations • Double dipping • Undercover operations

  13. Noble Cause Corruption • Using unethical means to catch criminals. • They believe it is right to do so. • Utilitarian viewpoint: the greatest good. • The ends justify the means.

  14. Justify the Means The Ends

  15. Consequences • Damage to reputation • Professional • Personal • Agency • Loss of cases • Instant case • All pending cases • Cases previously adjudicated

  16. Consequences Loss of employment Difficulty in finding employment Criminal proceedings Fines Jail

  17. California v. Simpson

  18. Lying Under Oath: The Mark Fuhrman Experience

  19. Training Objectives • Assess the nature of truth in three contexts: religious, scientific and social. • Identify the concept of Noble Cause Corruption. • List four possible consequences of lying under oath. • Appraise the consequences of Mark Fuhrman’s testimony in California v. Simpson.

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