Justice, crime, and ethics

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note about the 11th Edition -- Section I: Introduction -- Chapter 1 Ethics, Crime, and Justice: An Introductory Note to Students -- Chapter 2 Utilitarian, Deontological, and Virtue Ethics -- Chapter 3 Justice, Ethics, and Peacemaking -- Exercise 3.1 Your Personal Philosophy -- Case Study 3.1 To Help or Not to Help? -- Exercise 3.2 The Ethics of Drug Control Policy -- Section II: Ethical Issues in Policing -- Chapter 4 Learning Police Ethics: Sources, Content, and Implications -- Chapter 5 Using Ethical Dilemmas in Training Police -- Chapter 6 Deception in Police Interrogations: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas -- Chapter 7 Police Ethics, Legal Proselytism, and the Social Order: Paving the Path to Misconduct -- Section III: Ethics and the Courts -- Chapter 8 Whatever Happened to Atticus Finch? Lawyers as Legal Advocates and Moral Agents -- Case Study 8.1 Statutory Rapist -- Chapter 9 Prosecutors and Ethics: What Should We Expect? -- Case Study 9.1 It's a Rat Race, and the Best Rat Wins -- Chapter 10 Balancing the Harms: The Ethics of Sentencing and Punishment -- Chapter 11 To Die or Not to Die: Morality, Ethics, and the Death Penalty -- Case study 11.1 Politics or Ethics? A Governor's Prerogative -- Section IV: Ethical Issues in Corrections -- Chapter 12 Ethical Issues in Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections -- Chapter 13 Restorative Justice and Ethics: Real-World Applications -- Chapter 14 Prison Corruption -- Chapter 15 Ethics and Prison: Selected Issues -- Case Study 15.1 Who's Running the Prison? -- Section V: Ethical Issues in Crime Control Policy and Research -- Chapter 16 Crime and Justice Myths -- Exercise 16.1 How Television Affects Our Perceptions of Crime -- Chapter 17 Juvenile Justice: Creating a More Ethical System for Youth.

"Justice, Crime, and Ethics, a leading textbook in criminal justice programs, examines ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice and professional activities in the field. This eleventh edition continues to deliver a broad scope of topics, focusing on law enforcement, legal practice, sentencing, corrections, research, crime control policy, and philosophical issues. The book's robust coverage encompasses contentious issues such as capital punishment, prison corruption, and the use of deception in police interrogation. The 11th edition includes new material on the impact of social media on crime myths and political misconduct. Law enforcement issues including the George Floyd case and responding to domestic as well as foreign terrorism, including the January 6th insurrection in Washington, D.C. are examined. The potential ethical implications of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court are also explored. Emerging issues in corporate misconduct are also discussed including healthcare fraud and corruption as well as crypto-currency fraud. Students of criminal justice, as well as instructors and professionals in the field, continue to rely on this thorough, dependable resource on ethical decision making in the criminal justice system"--

Ethics, crime, and justice : an introductory note to students -- Utilitarian and deontological approaches to criminal justice ethics -- Justice, ethics, and peacemaking -- Learning police ethics : sources content, and implications -- Using ethical dilemmas in training police -- Deception in police interrogations : ethical issues and dilemmas -- Police ethics, legal proselytism, and the social order : paving the path to misconduct -- Whatever happened to Atticus Finch? Lawyers as legal advocates and moral agents -- Ethical challenges for prosecutors -- Balancing harms : the ethics and purposes of criminal sentencing -- Punishment, crime, and ethics -- To die or not to die : morality, ethics, and the death penalty -- Ethical issues in probation, parole, and community corrections -- Restorative justice and ethics : real-world applications -- Prison corruption -- Ethics and prison : selected issues -- Crime and justice myths -- Juvenile justice ethical issues : how should we treat juveniles? -- Corporate misconduct and ethics -- Ethics and criminal justice research -- Ethical issues in confronting terrorism -- Criminal justice : an ethic for the future.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- A Note about the Ninth Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Introduction -- Chapter 1 Ethics, Crime, and Justice: An Introductory Note to Students -- Chapter 2 Utilitarian and Deontological Approaches to Criminal Justice Ethics -- Chapter 3 Justice, Ethics, and Peacemaking -- Exercise I.1 Your Personal Philosophy -- Case Study 3.1 To Help or Not to Help? -- Exercise I.2 The Ethics of Drug Control Policy -- Part II Ethical Issues in Policing -- Chapter 4 Learning Police Ethics -- Chapter 5 Deception in Police Interrogations: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas -- Chapter 6 Using Ethical Dilemmas in Training Police -- Chapter 7 Police Ethics, Legal Proselytism, and the Social Order: Paving the Path to Misconduct -- Part III Ethics and the Courts -- Chapter 8 Whatever Happened to Atticus Finch? Lawyers as Legal Advocates and Moral Agents -- Case Study 8.1 Child Rapist -- Chapter 9 Ethical Challenges for Prosecutors -- Case Study 9.1 It's a Rat Race, and the Best Rat Wins -- Chapter 10 Balancing Harms: The Ethics and Purposes of Criminal Sentencing -- Chapter 11 Punishment, Crime, and Ethics -- Chapter 12 To Die or Not to Die: Morality, Ethics, and the Death Penalty -- Case Study 12.1 Politics or Ethics? A Governor's Prerogative -- Part IV Ethical Issues in Corrections -- Chapter 13 Ethical Issues in Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections -- Chapter 14 Restorative Justice and Ethics: Real-World Applications -- Chapter 15 Keeping an Eye on the Keeper: The Impact of Corrupt Practices on the Prison -- Chapter 16 Ethics and Prison: Selected Issues -- Case Study 16.1 Who's Running the Prison? -- Part V Ethical Issues in Crime Control Policy and Research -- Chapter 17 Crime and Justice Myths -- Exercise V.1 How Television Affects Our Perceptions of Crime

Justice, Crime, and Ethics, a leading textbook in criminal justice programs, examines 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. 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