Overview

The contributions in this book examine ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice and professional activities in the field. Comprehensive coverage is achieved through focus on law enforcement, legal practice, sentencing, corrections, research, crime control policy and philosophical issues.

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Author:   Michael C. Braswell ,  Belinda Rodgers McCarthy ,  Bernard J. McCarthy
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Anderson Publishing
Edition:   6th New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.10cm
Weight:   0.880kg
ISBN:  

9781593455132

ISBN 10:   1593455135
Pages:   470
Publication Date:   01 January 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Replaced By:   9781437734850
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section I: INTRODUCTION 1. Ethics, Crime, and Justice: An Introductory Note to Students 2. Utilitarian and Deontological Approaches to Criminal Justice Ethics 3. Peacemaking, Justice, and Ethics Section II: ETHICAL ISSUES IN POLICING 4. How Police Officers Learn Ethics 5. The Ethics of Deceptive Interrogation 6. Ethical Dilemmas in Police Work 7. Police Ethics, Legal Proselytism, and the Social Order: Paving the Path to Misconduct Section III: ETHICS AND THE COURTS 8. Whatever Happened to Atticus Finch? Lawyers as Legal Advocates and Moral Agents 9. Prossecutor Misconduct 10. Criminal Sentencing: Ethical Issues and the Problems of Reform 11. Crime and Punishment: Punishment Philosophies and Ethical Dilemmas 12. To Die or Not to Die: Morality, Ethics, and the Death Penalty Section IV: ETHICAL ISSUES IN CORRECTIONS 13. Ethical Issues in Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections 14. Restorative Justice and the Peacemaking Ethic 15. Keeping an Eye on the Keeper: Prison Corruption and Its Control 16. Ethics and Prison: Selected Issues Section V: ETHICAL ISSUES IN CRIME CONTROL POLICY AND RESEARCH 17. Crime and Justice Myths 18. The Ford Pinto Case and Beyond: Assessing Blame 19. Ethics and Criminal Justice Research 20. The Canary’s Song: Guantanamo and the War on Terrorism Section VI: ETHICS AND THE FUTURE 21. Criminal Justice: An Ethic for the Future

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