Child Pornography Offenses in Law Term Paper

Certainly, it is appropriate to enforce laws specifically imposing stricter penalties on any professional or public servant in positions of public trust whose crimes violate that trust in connection with actually victimizing a specific person. Many states do have such statutes and they apply to teachers and healthcare workers just as they do to law enforcement personnel. That is, apparently, the case with Joshua Carrier, because he exploited the public trust of his community that is inherent in his position (even when he is off-duty) and actually perpetrated a sexual crime against a specific victim.

3) Should police departments take special steps to reduce the likelihood of their officers engaging in producing, selling or purchasing child pornography? Why or why not?

Probably not. Unfortunately, by the time a police officer succeeds through the entire candidate selection, background investigation, police training, and organizational (and industry) socialization, any officer who is still capable of perpetrating these types of crimes simultaneous with his professional duties cannot be helped by additional counseling and has probably already mastered the art of maintaining a dual life. These individuals lead totally compartmentalized lives and are likely to be responding to urges they have not been able to control for much longer than they have been part of the law enforcement community.In all likelihood, these are problems better addressed by the deterrent value of strict criminal penalties for such crimes perpetrated by law enforcement personnel who use their positions or law enforcement resources to further….....