Films for law enforcement ethics training

Films for Law Enforcement Ethics Training

Dr. Frank Kardasz

Films can be useful ethics training tools.

In “Making the Most of a Good Story: Effective Use of Film as a

Teaching Resource for Ethics” (1983, p. 93)

Ellen Ott Marshall of the Claremont School of Theology (1)

quotes Conrad Ostwalt (2) who said:

Primarily,

using a film increases student participation. Communal experiences of viewing a

film

breaks

down barriers and builds trust between class members, making open dialogue and risk-

taking

ore likely.

Second, film as a tool empowers students. They are comfortable with this

material, and they

engage it

confidently and critically. Third, students see film as part of their culture

and thus feel a sense of

ownership

over the material. This makes students partners in the course.

Oswalt observes, they feel a

greater

responsibility for the success of the class and their own

learning.

References

(1)

Marshall, Ellen O. (2003). Making the most of a good story: Effective use of film as a teaching resource

for ethics.

Teaching T

heology and Religion. Vol. 6, no. 2. Blackwell publishing. p. 93.

(2)

Ostwalt, Conrad.

(

1998

)

. Religion and Popular Movies. The Journal of Religion and Film 2, no.3.

para. 3-5

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FILMS

Fil

ms with law enforcement

or military

ethics themes include the following:

Adelson, M., & Rich, L. (Producers), & Wambaugh, J. & Knopf, C. (Writers), & Aldrich R. (Director). (1997).

The Choirboys

[Motion Picture]. United States: Universal Pictures GTO Films Ltd. Starring Charles Durning.

Canton-Jones, M. (Producer), & Sharp, A. (Writer). (1995).

Rob Roy

[Motion Picture]. United States: Metro-

Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Liam Neeson & John Hurtt.

Childs, P. (Producer) & Burnett, C. & Johnson, J. E. (Writers). (1994).

The Glass Shield

[Motion Picture].

United States: Miramax Films Dimension Home Video. Starring Michael Boatman.

Hartwick, R. (Producer) & Lumet, S. (Director), & Daley, R., & Allen J. P. (Writers). (1981).

Prince of the City

[Motion Picture]. United States: Orion Pictures. Starring Treat Williams & Jerry Orbach.

Koblenz, W. (Producer), & Becker, H. (Director), & Wambaugh J. (Writer). (1979).

Onion Field

[Motion

Picture].

United States: Avco Embassy Pictures. Starring John Savage & James Woods.

Lee, S. (Producer), & Cundieff, R. (Director/Writer),

Tales from the Hood

[Motion Picture]. (1995). United

States: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. Starring Anthony Griffith, & Clarence Williams III.

Levin, L. (Producer), & Pakula, A. (Director) & Jarred, K. & Cohen D. A. (Writers). (1997).

The Devils Own

[Motion Picture]. United States: Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment. Starring. Harrison Ford & Brad Pitt.

Milchan, A. (Producer), & Lumet, S. (Director), & Torres, E., & Lumet S. (Writers).

Q & A

[Motion Picture].

(1990). United States: Tri Star Pictures. Starring Nick Nolte and Timothy Hutton.

Milchan, A., Nathanson, M., Lowry, H., & Grisham, J (Producers), & Grisham, J., & Goldsman, A. (Writers) &

Schumacker J. (Director). (1996).

A Time to Kill

[Motion Picture]. United States: Warner Brothers. starring

Matthew McConaughey.

Pakula, A. J. (Producer) & Mulligan, R. (Director). Lee, H. & Foote, H. (Writers). (1962).

To Kill a Mockingbird

[Motion Picture]. United States: Universal Pictures DreamWorks Home Entertainment. Starring Gregory Peck.

Poster, M., & Weinstein, B., & Weinstein, H. (Producers), & Mangold, J. (Director). (1997).

Cop Land

[Motion

Picture]. United States: Woods Entertainment. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, & Harvey Keitel.

Reiner, R., Zollo, F., Paleologos, N., & Scheinman, A. (Producers), & Reiner, R. (Director), & Colick, L.

(Writer). (1996).

Ghosts of Mississippi

[Motion Picture]. United States: Tristar Home Entertainment Rank

Film Distribution. Starring Whoopi Goldberg and Alec Baldwin.

Salt, W. & Bregman, M. (Producers), & Mass, P. (Writer), & Lumet, S. (Director). (1973).

Serpico

[Motion

Picture]. United States: Paramount Pictures. Starring Al Pacino.

Sloss, J. (Producer), & Sayles, J. (Writer/Director). (1996).

Lone Star

[Motion Picture]. United States: Tristar

Home Entertainment Abbey Entertainment. Starring Kris Kristofferson.

Winkler, I. & Chartoff R. (Producers), & Fleischer, R. (Director) & Wambaugh, J. & Silliphant, S. (Writers).

(1972).

The New Centurions

[Motion Picture]. United States: Columbia Pictures.Starring George C. Scott &

Stacy Keach.

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Purchase the book:

Kardasz, F. (2008). Ethics training for law enforcement: Practices and trends.

Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag.

ISBN: 3639001567. ISBN-13: 9783639001563.

Available from

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3639001567/

Dr. Frank Kardasz P.O. Box 45048 Phoenix, AZ 85064
e-mail: kardasz (at)kardasz.org
blog: www.kardasz.org/blog/
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