Page 125 - A2Z Flip

ETHICAL DOCTRINES – doctrines that define the
fundamental principles governing the rules of
conduct, attitude, behavior and ethical norm of the
police organization.

ETHICS – study and analysis of what constitutes good
or bad conduct. Ethics is the study of how people
treat each other, and what it means to lead a good
life. It is also the study of the philosophy o f human
conduct, the basic principle of right and wrong, set, or
system of moral principles; Morals and ethics are used
interchangeable.

ETHNICITY – the problem that arises from using the
biological concept of ‘race’ to describe social
phenomena has led some theorists to reject the
term ‘race’ in favor of ‘ethnicity’. Like the terms
‘race’ and ‘racism’, ‘ethnicity’ has no universally
agreed definition. The term ethnicity characterizes
social groups based upon a shared identity rooted
in geographical, cultural, historical factors and
migratory patterns.

ETHNOGRAPHY – the study of groups of people in
their natural setting, typically involving the
researcher being present for extended periods of
time in order to collect data systematically about
their daily activities and the meanings they attach
to them.

EUGÈNE FRANÇOIS VIDOCQ – was a
French criminal and criminalist, who became the
founder and first director of the crime-
detection Sûreté Nationale and the head of the first
known private detective agency. He is also
regarded as the first private detective.

121 | A T O Z I N C R I M I N O L O G Y