Ethical dilemmas and decisions in criminal justice / Joycelyn M. Pollock.
"The text offers comprehensive coverage of ethics across all three arms of the criminal justice system: the police, the courts, and corrections. It combines coverage of the philosophical principles and theories that are the foundation of ethical decision-making with the latest challenges and issues in criminal justice -- militarization of the police, mass imprisonment, wrongful convictions, the misuse of power by public servants, and more." - Amazon.com
Record details
- ISBN: 9781305577374
- ISBN: 130557737X
- Physical Description: xxii, 520 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition: Ninth edition.
- Publisher: Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-502) and indexes. |
Formatted Contents Note: | pt. I. Ethics and the criminal justice system -- Morality, ethics, and human behavior -- Determining moral behavior -- Justice and law -- Becoming an ethical professional -- pt. II. Police -- The police role in society -- Police discretion and dilemmas -- Police corruption and responses -- pt. III. Law -- Law and legal professionals -- Discretion and dilemmas in the legal profession -- Ethical misconduct in the courts and responses -- pt. IV. Corrections -- The ethics of punishment and corrections -- Discretion and dilemmas in corrections -- Correctional professionals : misconduct and responses -- Making ethical choices. |
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Subject: | Criminal justice, Administration of > Moral and ethical aspects. Criminal justice, Administration of > United States. White collar crimes > United States > Case studies. |
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Summary:
"The text offers comprehensive coverage of ethics across all three arms of the criminal justice system: the police, the courts, and corrections. It combines coverage of the philosophical principles and theories that are the foundation of ethical decision-making with the latest challenges and issues in criminal justice -- militarization of the police, mass imprisonment, wrongful convictions, the misuse of power by public servants, and more." - Amazon.com