The problems formation of corruption consciousness in law enforcement: socio-philosophical analysis
In: Modern Research of Social Problems, Heft 2
The aim is to define mechanisms of influence of attitudes of society to the
emergence and reproduction of corrupt practices in law enforcement. The article
considers the social phenomenon of corruption of the spirit in law enforcement. It
encompasses the process of forming a corrupt consciousness and the substance
constructed by the individual subjective reality of corruption. The causes of
corruption of the spirit are based on the biosocial nature of man, as well as in the
impact on human of cultural systems. Formation of the corrupt consciousness can be
enhanced or retarded cultural content, which is imposed on the natural matrix of the
human in social interaction. Scientific novelty of the work lies in the philosophical
analysis of such categories as corruption of the spirit and the corrupt consciousness in
relation to law enforcement. The author concludes that the modern value orientations
of society contribute to the emergence and reproduction of corrupt practices in law
enforcement through the social mechanism of external relations, which are digested
by law enforcement officers through agents of socialization.