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Kill switch : the rise of the modern Senate and the crippling of American democracy / by Jentleson, Adam,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-300) and index.Introduction: The little harm thesis -- Rise of the filibuster. Birth of a notion ; "Victorious in the midst of unbroken defeats" ; Dawn of the supermajority ; An idea whose time has come -- Tyranny of the minority. The superminority ; Outside in ; Means of control ; What it takes ; The uniter -- Conclusion: How to save the Senate."An insider's account of how politicians representing a radical minority of Americans are using "the greatest deliberative body in the world" to hijack our democracy. Every major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the US Senate, yet the Senate allows an almost exclusively white, predominantly male, and radically conservative minority of the American electorate to impose its will on the rest of us. How did we get to this point? In Kill Switch, Adam Jentleson argues that shifting demographics alone cannot explain how Mitch McConnell harnessed the Senate and turned it into a powerful weapon of minority rule. As Jentleson shows, since the 1950s, a free-flowing body of relative equals has devolved into a rigidly hierarchical, polarized institution, with both Democrats and Republicans to blame. The current GOP has merely used the methods pioneered by its predecessors, though to newly extreme ends. In a work for readers of How Democracies Die and even Master of the Senate, Jentleson makes clear that, without a reevaluation of Senate practices--starting with ending the filibuster--we face the prospect of permanent minority rule in America"--

Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate.; Representative government and representation; Proportional representation; Democracy; Filibusters (Political science);

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Making democracy count : how mathematics improves voting, electoral maps, and representation / by Volić, Ismar,1973-author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-380) and index.Part I Voting. The best way to choose the winner -- The worst way to choose the winner -- From best to worst -- The impossible democracy -- To each their own -- Strategy and manipulation -- And the winner is ... -- Part II Representation. This old house -- Rather divisive than indecisive -- Divisor and conquer -- A country divided -- Math v. gerrymandering -- Proportional representation -- Part III Civic infrastructure. The Electoral College -- The citizen-mathematician."What's the best way to determine what most voters want when multiple candidates are running? What's the fairest way to allocate legislative seats to different constituencies? What's the least distorted way to draw voting districts? Not the way we do things now. Democracy is mathematical to its very foundations. Yet most of the methods in use are a historical grab bag of the shortsighted, the cynical, the innumerate, and the outright discriminatory. Making Democracy Count sheds new light on our electoral systems, revealing how a deeper understanding of their mathematics is the key to creating civic infrastructure that works for everyone. In this timely guide, Ismar Volić empowers us to use mathematical thinking as an objective, nonpartisan framework that rises above the noise and rancor of today's divided public square. Examining our representative democracy using powerful clarifying concepts, Volić shows why our current voting system stifles political diversity, why the size of the House of Representatives contributes to its paralysis, why gerrymandering is a sinister instrument that entrenches partisanship and disenfranchisement, why the Electoral College must be rethought, and what can work better and why. Volić also discusses the legal and constitutional practicalities involved and proposes a road map for repairing the mathematical structures that undergird representative government. Making Democracy Count gives us the concrete knowledge and the confidence to advocate for a more just, equitable, and inclusive democracy"--

Subjects: Democracy; Election forecasting; Election law; Election law;

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Primary politics : everything you need to know about how America nominates its presidential candidates / by Kamarck, Elaine Ciulla.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index.1. The good old days? : when parties controlled nominations and primaries were to be avoided at all costs -- 2. Sequence as strategy : how Jimmy Carter "got it" and taught subsequent presidential candidates the new rules of the road -- 3. The fight to be first : why Iowa and New Hampshire dominate presidential nominating politics -- 4. Proportional representation : why Democrats use it and Republicans don't -- 5. Devil in the details : how the delegate count shapes modern nominating campaigns -- 6. Do conventions matter anymore? : superdelegates, the Robot Rule, and the modern nominating convention -- 7. The problem of "The Decider.""Explores one of the most important questions in American politics--how we narrow the list of presidential candidates every four years. Focuses on how presidential candidates have sought to alter the rules in their favor and how their failures and successes have led to even more change"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Presidents; Presidential candidates;

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Math word problems demystified / by Bluman, Allan G.;

Introduction to problem solving -- Solving decimal and fraction problems -- Solving percent problems -- Solving proportion and formula problems -- Equations and algebraic representation -- Solving number and digit problems -- Solving coin and age problems -- Solving distance and mixture problems -- Solving finance, lever, and work problems -- Solving word problems using two equations -- Solving word problems using quadratic equations -- Solving word problems in geometry, probability, and statistics."The second edition of one of the most successful math word problems books on the market is updated with all-new quizzes and test questions, clearer explanations of the material, and a completely refreshed interior design"--

Subjects: Problem solving; Word problems (Mathematics);

© c2011., McGraw-Hill,

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Pre-algebra demystified / by Bluman, Allan G.;

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Whole Numbers -- Naming numbers -- Rounding numbers -- Addition of whole numbers -- Subtraction of whole numbers -- Multiplication of whole numbers -- Division of whole numbers -- Word problems -- Quiz -- Chapter 2: Integers -- Basic concepts -- Order -- Addition of integers -- Subtraction of integers -- Addition and subtraction -- Multiplication of integers -- Division of integers -- Exponents -- Order of operations -- Quiz -- Chapter 3: Fractions: Part 1 -- Basic concepts -- Reducing fractions -- Changing fractions to higher terms -- Changing improper fractions to mixed numbers -- Changing mixed numbers to improper fractions -- Quiz -- Chapter 4: Fractions: Part 2 -- Finding common denominators -- Addition of fractions -- Addition of mixed numbers -- Subtraction of fractions -- Subtraction of mixed numbers -- Principles of borrowing -- Multiplication of fractions -- Multiplication of mixed numbers -- Division of fractions -- Division of mixed numbers -- Word problems -- Comparing fractions -- Operations with positive and negative fractions -- Quiz -- Chapter 5: Decimals -- Naming decimals -- Rounding decimals -- Addition of decimals -- Subtraction of decimals -- Multiplication of decimals -- Division of decimals -- Comparing decimals -- Word problems -- Changing fractions to decimals -- Changing decimals to fractions -- Fractions and decimals -- Operations with positive and negative decimals -- Quiz -- Chapter 6: Percent -- Basic concepts -- Changing percents to decimals -- Changing decimals to percents -- Changing fractions to percents -- Changing percents to fractions -- Three types of percent problems -- Word problems -- Quiz -- Chapter 7: Expressions And Equations -- Basic concepts -- Evaluating algebraic expressions -- Distributive property -- Combining like terms -- Removing parentheses and combining like terms -- Formulas -- Solving simple equations -- Solving equations using two principles -- Solving more difficult equations -- Algebraic representation of statements -- Word problems -- Solving percent problems using equations -- Quiz -- Chapter 8: Ratio And Proportion -- Ratio -- Proportion -- Word problems -- Solving percent problems using proportions -- Quiz -- Chapter 9: Informal Geometry -- Geometric figures -- Perimeter -- Area -- Volume -- Word problems -- Square roots -- Pythagorean theorem -- Quiz -- Chapter 10: Measurement -- Basic concepts -- Measures of length -- Measures of weight -- Measures of capacity -- Measure of time -- Word problems -- Quiz -- Chapter 11: Graphing -- Rectangular coordinate plane -- Plotting points -- Linear equations -- Graphing lines -- Horizontal and vertical lines -- Intercepts -- Slope -- Solving a system of linear equations -- Quiz -- Chapter 12: Operations with monomials and polynomials -- Monomials and polynomials -- Addition of polynomials -- Subtraction of polynomials -- Multiplication of monomials -- Raising a monomial to a power -- Multiplication of a polynomial by a monomial -- Multiplication of two binomials -- Squaring a binomial -- Multiplication of two polynomials -- Division of monomials -- Division of a polynomial by a monomial -- Quiz -- Final exam -- Answers to quizzes and final exam -- Appendix: Overcoming mat anxiety -- Index.From the Back Cover: Take the anxiety out of pre-algebra. In Pre-Algebra Demystified, experienced math instructor Allan Bluman provides an effective, anxiety-soothing, and totally painless way to master the math fundamentals so crucial to college, but so difficult for the math-impaired and anxious. With Pre-Algebra Demystified, you master the subject one simple step at a time -- at your own speed. This unique self-teaching guide offers problems at the end of each chapter, quizzes to pinpoint weaknesses, and a 100-question final exam to reinforce the entire book. This is a fast and entertaining self-teaching course that's specially designed to reduce anxiety. Get ready to: Build a working knowledge of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratios, and percents; Grasp word problems and underlying math concepts; Learn basic equations and operations with integers; Construct a solid foundation for algebra, geometry, statistics, and business math; Prepare to take pre-college exams; Get over math anxiety using a special program included in the book; Take a "final exam" and grade it yourself!.

Subjects: Arithmetic;

© c2011., McGraw-Hill,

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A companion to the United States Constitution and its amendments / by Vile, John R.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface to the fifth edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The background and purposes of the Constitution -- The colonial setting -- The Declaration of Independence -- The background of the Declaration -- The purpose of the document -- The idea of equality of human rights -- The purpose of government -- The right of revolution -- Charges against the English King -- Indictments against the King and the Parliament -- War atrocities and slavery -- Recapitulation of earlier petitions -- Conclusion -- The Articles of Confederation -- The background -- The principles and structures -- The achievements and problems -- Prelude to the Constitutional Convention -- The Constitutional Convention -- The delegates -- The rules -- The Virginia Plan -- The New Jersey Plan -- Prominent convention issues and compromises -- Ratification of the Constitution -- The Preamble -- The purposes of the Constitution -- References and suggestions for further study --2. Article I : the Legislative Branch -- The outline of the Constitution and separation of powers -- The priority of the Legislative Branch -- Bicameralism -- The U.S. House of Representatives -- Terms of office and qualifications for voters -- Qualifications for the House -- Representation and taxation -- The three-fifths clause -- Initial state representation -- House vacancies -- The Speaker of the House -- The power of impeachment -- The U.S. Senate -- Representation, voting, and terms -- Staggered Senate terms and vacancies -- Qualifications for the Senate -- The legislative role of the Vice President -- Other Senate officers -- Trials of impeachment -- The consequences of impeachment -- Other matters involving Congressional operations -- Elections for Congress -- Housekeeping provisions -- Congressional compensation -- Congressional privilege -- The Emoluments Clause -- Article I, Section 7--Procedures for passing laws -- The Origination Clause -- Procedures for lawmaking and presidential vetoes -- The Presentment Clause -- Article I, Section 8--Powers Granted to Congress -- The power of the purse -- Power to regulate commerce -- A note on Native Americans -- Power over naturalization and bankruptcies -- Coining money and establishing uniform standards -- Establishing a post office and promoting scientific advances -- Establishing lower courts -- War powers -- Calling the militia -- Governing the District of Columbia -- Implied powers -- Congressional investigations -- Article I, Section 9--Limits on Congressional powers -- Slave importation -- The suspension clause and the writ of habeas corpus -- Bills of attainder and ex post facto laws -- Economic protections for the states -- The appropriation of money -- Titles of nobility -- Article I, Section 10-Limits on the states -- Powers reserved to the national government -- The contract clause -- Other economic limits on the states -- References and suggestions for further study --3. Article II : the Executive Branch -- A single executive -- The Presidential term -- Presidential selection and the electoral college -- Presidential qualifications -- The Vice President and Presidential disability -- The Presidential salary -- The Presidential oath -- Presidential duties -- Commander in Chief -- Getting advice from the Cabinet -- Power to pardon and reprieve -- Negotiation and ratification of treaties -- Presidential appointment and removal powers -- Interim Presidential appointments -- The State of the Union Address -- Power to convene and adjourn Congress -- The President as chief diplomat -- Power to execute the laws and executive privilege -- Commissioning of military officers -- Presidential impeachment -- References and suggestions for further study -- 4. Article III : the Judicial Branch -- Organization and guidelines -- The U.S. Supreme Court and other inferior courts -- Judicial tenure -- Judicial qualifications -- Judicial compensation -- The number of Justices -- Supreme Court decisions -- Jurisdiction -- Cases based on subject matter and parties to the suit -- Cases of original and appellate jurisdiction -- Limits on the Judicial Branch -- The Political Questions Doctrine -- Judicial powers -- Statutory interpretation and Judicial review -- Marbury v. Madison -- Judicial review in practice -- The exceptions clause -- Protections -- Trial by jury -- Treason -- The nature of Article III -- References and suggestions for further study -- 5. Article IV : the Federal System -- Three forms of government -- Layer cake or marble cake? -- Obligations of states to one another -- The full faith and credit clause -- The privileges and immunities clause -- Extradition -- The fugitive slave clause -- The admission of new states -- Governing the territories -- Obligations of the nation to the states -- The guarantee clause -- Rejected doctrines of federalism -- Interposition -- Nullification -- Secession -- The status of local governments -- References and suggestions for further study --6. Articles V-VII : the Amending Provision and miscellaneous matters -- Amending procedures -- The most common route for proposal and ratification -- The unused convention mechanism -- Rescissions and time limits -- Is the amending process exclusive? -- Unamendable provisions -- The history of amendments in the United States -- Article VI -- The continuing validity of debts -- The supremacy clause -- Oaths of office and prohibition of religious tests -- Article VII -- Ratification of the Constitution -- The attestation clause -- References and suggestions for further study -- 7. The Bill of Rights--The First Amendment -- Background -- Application of the Bill of Rights -- The Bill of Rights : a floor or a ceiling? -- The idea of rights -- The placement of the First Amendment -- The establishment and free exercise clauses -- The three-part lemon test and the wall of separation -- Application of the establishment clause -- To schools -- In other contexts -- The free exercise clause and the belief/practice dichotomy -- Application of the free exercise clause -- Justifications for Freedom of Speech -- Tests for subversive speech -- Subsidiary principles -- Obscenity -- Symbolic speech -- Fighting words and true threats -- Libel -- Commercial speech -- Campaign contributions -- Freedom of the press and prior restraint -- Other issues -- Assembly and petition -- References and suggestions for further study --8. The Bill of Rights : of Arms and Men--Amendments 2-3 -- The right to bear arms -- The prohibition against quartering troops -- References and suggestions for further study -- 9. The Bill of Rights and the Rights of the Accused and the Convicted--Amendments 4-8 -- Searches and seizures -- An Amendment in two parts -- The reasonableness requirement -- Warrant requirements -- Administrative searches -- The Exclusionary Rule -- Indictment by Grand Jury -- The double jeopardy provision -- Protection against self-incrimination -- Real evidence versus testimonial evidence -- The due process clause -- The takings clause -- Speedy and public trials -- Right to a petit jury -- The rights of notification, confrontation, and compulsory process -- The right to counsel -- Petit juries in common law cases -- The Eighth Amendment -- Bail and fines -- Capital punishment -- Recidivism laws and proportionality concerns -- References and suggestions for further study -- 10. The Bill of Rights, the Rights of the States (Amendments 9-10), and Amendments 11 and 12 -- The Ninth Amendment and the right to privacy -- Two prominent views of the Amendment -- Birth control and abortion -- Other privacy issues -- The Tenth Amendment and states' rights -- The Eleventh Amendment and suits against the state -- The Twelfth Amendment and the electoral college -- Postscript to the election of 2000 -- References and suggestions for further study --11. The Post-Civil War Amendments--Amendments 13-15 -- Background -- The Thirteenth Amendment and the end of slavery -- Citizenship provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment -- Three important guarantees -- Supreme Court decisions limiting the impact of the Fourteenth Amendment -- Brown and the rebirth of the Fourteenth Amendment -- School busing and affirmative action programs -- Equal protection and gender-based classifications -- Equal protection and other classifications -- Equal protection and legislative apportionment -- A rebirth of the due process clause? -- Reversing the three-fifths clause -- Restrictions on former rebels -- Valid and invalid public debts -- Enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment -- The Fifteenth Amendment -- The lesson of the postwar Amendments -- References and suggestions for further study -- 12. The Progressive Era Amendments--Amendments 16-19 -- The Sixteenth Amendment and the national income tax -- The Seventeenth Amendment and the election of U.S. Senators -- The Eighteenth Amendment and the national prohibition of alcohol -- The Nineteenth Amendment and women's suffrage -- References and suggestions for further study -- 13. The Recent Amendments--Amendments 20-27 -- The Lame-Duck Amendment -- Presidential vacancies -- The repeal of national alcohol prohibition -- A limit on Presidential terms of office -- Electoral votes for the District of Columbia -- The prohibition of poll taxes -- Vacancies and Disabilities -- Vacancies in the Vice Presidency -- Cases of presidential disability -- Eighteen year-olds and the right to vote -- A Twenty-seventh Amendment? -- Author's postscript on the American future -- References and suggestions for further study -- Reading Supreme Court decisions -- Locating cases and understanding citations -- Briefing cases -- Fifty case names and decisions -- Glossary -- Highlights if Constitutional history -- Us. Supreme Court Justices -- Appendix 1. The Constitution of the United States -- Appendix 2. The Declaration of Independence -- Appendix 3: The Articles of Confederation -- Index.

Subjects: Constitutional law;

© c2010., Praeger,

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Criminal justice ethics : theory and practice / by Banks, Cyndi,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1. The interaction between ethics and the criminal justice system. Chapter 1. The importance of ethics in criminal justice -- Chapter 2. Police ethics: the nature of policing and police corruption -- Chapter 3. Police ethics: Use of force, investigations, interrogations, and lying -- Chapter 4. Racial discrimination in the criminal justice system -- Chapter 5. Judges, lawyers, and ethics -- Chapter 6. The purpose of criminal punishment -- Chapter 7. Ethics in corrections: The nature of corrections -- Chapter 8. Ethics in corrections: guarding ethically -- Chapter 9. The ethics of criminal justice policy making -- Chapter 10. Ethics and the "war on terrorism" -- Chapter 11. Media ethics and criminal justice.Part 2: The application of ethical theories to the criminal justice system. Chapter12. Duty and principle -- Chapter 13. Considering the consequences -- Chapter 14. The importance of character -- Chapter 15. Egoism, pleasure, and indifference -- Chapter 16. A sense of justice -- Chapter 17. Caring for others.Chapter 1. The importance of ethics in criminal justice. The meaning of ethics -- The value of ethics (Case study 1.1: Police brutality in New Orleans ; Case study 1.2: Police brutality during Katrina) -- Normative ethics -- Ethical relativism (Case study 1.3: Death row inmate set free) -- Cultural relativism -- Ethical absolution -- Ethical pluralism -- Religion and ethical standards (Conduct is right because God commands it God commands right conduct because it is right) -- Ethics and natural law -- Ethics and law -- Ethical dilemmas -- Ethical issues in criminal justice (Ethical problems in the use of authority ; Ethical problems in the relationship between personal and professional interests ; Ethical problems in personal and professional commitments to clients ; Ethical issues in criminal justice and public policy ; Ethical issues resulting from policing policies ; Ethical problems in dealing with human rights issues in the criminal justice system ; Ethical problem in information sharing ; Ethical issues in the media reporting of crime.Chapter 2. Police ethics: the nature of policing and police corruption. Ethics and policing -- The nature of policing -- Police as an institution -- Police culture (Changing police culture ; A closer look: Foster City police department basic values) -- Police discretion (Limiting police discretion ; Discretion and accountability) -- Ethics and codes of ethics (What is the relationship between ethics and codes of ethics? ; Police compliance with ethical codes ; Ethics instruction ; A closer look: Law enforcement code of ethics, International Association of chiefs of police) -- Policing and stress (The nature of police occupational stress ; Stress and crime fighting ; Coping with stress ; Angry aggression) -- Police "Militarization" (Historical and contemporary context, police and military ; The militarization thesis ; Number and deployment of SWAT units ; Causes of militarization ; The consequences of militarization ; Critiques of the militarization thesis ; A closer look: Military equipment transfers to law enforcement: The federal 1033 program and homeland security grants) -- Police corruption (The nature of police corruption ; Accepting gratuities ; Explanations for police corruption ; A closer look: No more free meals ; A closer look: Detectives receive sex services in antiprostitution campaign ; Personalistic explanation ; A closer look: Police corruption in Australia ; A closer look: The rotten apple ; Institutional explanations ; Systemic explanation ; "Slippery slope" explanation ; Noble cause corruption --Societal stress as an explanation for corruption ; A closer look: officer admits planting drugs ; A closer look: Officer involved in robbery ring ; A closer look: Corrupt arrangements within the Southeast Regional Crime Squad, South London, England ; Combating corruption ; Police corruption in the United Kingdom ; Reducing corruption ; Ensuring police accountability ; "New police accountability" ; Police auditors ; External citizen review of police ; Accountability in other countries ; Whistle-blowing ; When is whistle-blowing morally justified? ; Case study 2.1: Punished for while-blowing?) -- Discrimination as a corrupt practice in policing: racial bias, racial profiling, and selective law enforcement (Racism and racial bias ; Racial profiling ; The morality of racial profiling ; Case study 2.2: "Looking Mexican" ; Case study 2.3: Racial profiling: When color signals dangerous ; Driving while black ; Stop and frisk ; Confidence in the police ; Selective law enforcement).Chapter 3. Police ethics: Use of force, investigations, interrogations, and lying. Police use of force (Police use of force: Arrest-related deaths ; Deaths in police custody ; Political action on police use of force, 2015 ; The rise of the citizen journalist and police use of force ; A closer look: Some fatal police shootings, 2014-2015 ; The continuum of force ; When to use force ; Police perspectives on use of force ; A closer look: Use of force ; Case study 3.1: Cop gets 15 years in torture case ; Police and citizen interactions ; Police-citizen interactions and procedural justice ; U.S. supreme court decisions on use of force ; Race and use of force ; Policing and implicit racial bias ; Explaining excessive force ; A closer look: U.S. department of justice: Investigation of the Ferguson police department ; Assessing the level of force ; Reducing the level of force ; Case study 3.2: Five police officers sentenced for shooting unarmed family ; Excessive force: other countries ; Police use of force: tasers ; A closer look: Excessive force in the Cleveland police department ; Excessive use of force: dirty Harry/Dirty hands and Jack Bauer in 24 ; Case study 3.3: Video shows police officer using baton to hit man) -- Policing, mental illness, and crisis intervention teams (CITs) (Police perceptions of mentally ill persons ; Crisis intervention teams) -- Ethical issues in investigation, interrogation, and custody (Rights of suspects and victims ; Privacy ; Entrapment ; Deception ; A closer look: A successful entrapment defense ; A closer look: An unsuccessful entrapment defense ; Informants ; Confessions ; Testimonial deception ; Police lying ; Electronic recording of interrogations).Chapter 4. Racial discrimination in the criminal justice system. Ethical background -- Historical context -- In there racial discrimination in the criminal justice system? (Criminal justice system: discrimination and decision-making points ; Discrimination in the juvenile justice system ; Police encounter with citizens and police arrest ; Posecutorial discretion ; Bail ; Jury selection ; Case study 4.1: In Dallas, dismissal of black jurors leads to appeal by death row inmate ; Convection and sentencing) -- Imprisonment disparities (Incarceration rates ; Explaining racial disproportionality in incarceration ; Death penalty disparities) -- Hate crimes (Case study 4.2: First prosecution of a hate crime where the victim was a transgender woman) -- Explanations for racial discrimination in the criminal justice system (How do we explain the existence of racial discrimination in the criminal justice system?).Chapter 5. Judges, lawyers, and ethics. Legal ethics: historical context -- The nature of professional ethics (The principle of partisanship ; The principle of neutrality ; The lawyer-client relationship ; Confidentiality ; Client perjury ; Client crime ; Case study 5.1: Buried bodies case) -- Defense lawyers (Case study 5.2: Defense lawyer guilty of obstruction justice) -- The prosecutor (The duty to ensure justice is done ; Case study 5.3: Prosecutor misconduct ; Discretion to bring charges ; Prosecution disclosure of evidence to the defense ; Plea bargaining ; Proprietorial misconduct ; Case study 5.4: Wrongful conviction payment ; A closer look: Justice department acts on prosecutor misconduct ; Case study 5.5: Convict's DNA sways labs, not a determined prosecutor ; Case study 5.6: Prosecutor withholds evidence ; Case study 5.7: Release after 14 years) -- Judicial ethics (Election of judges ; Judicial ideology ; Specific ethical rules governing judges ; A closer look: Elections of judges proposed for Maricopa County, Mesa, Arizona ; Judges and virtue ethics ; Judicial misfeasance ; Case study 5.8: Prosecutor says tape shows Brooklyn judge took a bribe).6. The purpose of criminal punishment. What is punishment? -- Theoretical approaches to punishment -- Why punish? the philosophical approach (Deterrence ; A closer look: Punishment and history ; Case study 6.1: The nature of the punishment: corporal punishment ; Retribution ; Reconciling utilitarian and retributive theories ; Rehabilitation ; Incapacitation) -- Restorative justice (Case study 6.2: Restorative justice or extortion?) -- Why punish? The sociological approach.Chapter 7. Ethics in corrections: The nature of corrections. The prison explosion (Time line of the prison explosion ; Prison overcrowding ; The prison explosion: time line of events ; Women's incarceration ; A closer look: Women in prison ; New forms of incarceration) -- Maximum security (A closer look: Sexual assault at a women's prison in Alabama ; Conditions in maximum security prisons ; Justifying the supermax confinement ; Morality of supermax confinement ; Maximum security in the United Kingdom ; Growth of supermax prisons ; Evaluating the success of the supermax prison ; Solitary confinement) -- Medium security and minimum security -- Stateville prison: The changing state of corrections (Early prison governance at Stateville ; Stateville and prison order, 1936-1961 ; Stateville and prisoner's rights, 1960s ; Stateville and professionalism, 1970-1975 ; A closer look: American correctional association code of ethics preamble) -- Corrections subculture (Prison officer subculture ; Prison officer socialization ; Adapting to prison ; A closer look: Kauffman's prison officer types) -- Power and authority in prison: controlling the inmates (Forms of power ; Types of authority ; The battle for compliance ; Rewards and punishments ; Enforcing rule violations ; Informal controls ; Prisoner "Power" ; Corruption of authority) -- Private prisons (Case study 7.1: Private prisons-a good policy choice?) -- Disenfranchising inmates (Reforms) -- Treating opioid abuse in correctional institutions (A closer look: Cutting prison time for organ donors: is this ethical?).Chapter 8. Ethics in corrections: guarding ethically. The experience of guarding -- Guarding ethically (Ethical dimensions: punishment, prison conditions ; Ethical challenges ; Case study 8.1: Male prison rape and "Deliberate indifference") -- Guarding with discretion -- Unethical situations (Use of force ; Witnessing and experiencing violence in prisons ; Using force ; Case study 8.2: Brutality at Rikers Island, New York ; A closer look: Forms of coercion ; Officers' perspectives on use of force ; Officer violence as informal justice ; Justifications for officer violence ; Constraining officer violence ; Judicial review of use of force ; Correctional policy on use of force) -- Rape in prison (Rates of sexual violence in prisons ; Reporting and responding to rape in prisons ; Prison rape elimination act -- Case study 8.3: Rape in prison ; Transgender prisoners) -- Corruption (Case study 8.4: Prison officers charged with smuggling and assault ; Case study 8.5: Baltimore jail inmate builds drug trafficking operation with active cooperation of prison officers) -- Oversight of prisons (Whistle-blowing in corrections ; Case study 8.6: Federal prison officer convicted of repeatedly raping female inmate ; Judicial oversight of prisons ; A closer look: A probation and parole officer's code of ethics) -- Ethical issues in probation and parole (Probation officers and law enforcement ; Arming probation officers ; Treatment of control? ; Privatizing probation ; Case study 8.7: Private probation and the poor ; Parole ; Abolition of parole for life ; Imprisonment (LWOP) ; Parole officers as police).Chapter 9. The ethics of criminal justice policy making. The ethics of policy making (Justifying policy choices ; Ethical policy making ; Moral panics and morality ; Policy making ; Case study 9.1: An example of unethical policy making?) -- Morality policy (Rationale for morality policy making) -- Penal policies (Race and crime control policies ; Mass incarceration as the new "Jim Crow" ; Ending mass imprisonment? ; Elderly inmates) -- Public opinion about punishment policies (Public attitudes toward crime ; A closer look: Prison and amenities ; Public participation in sentencing offenders) -- Mandatory minimum sentencing ("Three-strikes" legislation as criminal justice policy ; Content and operation of three-strikes laws ; Criticisms of three strikes ; Three strikes and penal ideology ; Three-strikes laws and public opinion) -- The war on drugs (Crime-control politics and the war on drugs ; Fighting the war on drugs: prosecutions and incentives ; Drugs and incarceration ; A closer look: Lighter sentences for crack cocaine cases) -- Truth in sentencing -- Predators and superpredators (Sexual predators ; A closer look: States detain sex offenders after prison ; Juvenile superpredators ; Internet sexual solicitation) -- Capital punishment (The supreme court, the states, and the death penalty ; State policies on capital punishment ; A closer look: Retentionist and abolitionist countries on the death penalty in 2017 ; A closer look: The United States and the death penalty ; Public opinion on capital punishment ; A closer look: Death by lethal injection: Degrading to human dignity?) -- The "criminalization" of immigration (Illegal immigration: background and consequences ; The nature of crimmigration ; The effect of crimmigration ; Justifications for crimmigration ; The morality of crimmigration ; "Criminal aliens" ; Detention centers ; A closer look: The detention process ; The effectiveness of crimmigration.Chapter 10. Ethics and the "war on terrorism." Defining terrorism (A closer look: explaining "Just War" ; Terrorism as a moral judgement) -- Warfare or crime control? (A criminal justice approach to terrorism ; Waging a war on terrorism ; Risks of a warlike approach ; Justifications for waging war) -- Other responses to terrorism (Morally justifiable constraints and restrictions ; Is torture morally permissible as a counterterrorist strategy? ; A closer look: Findings and conclusions of the senate select committee on intelligence's study of the CIA's detention and interrogation program ; A closer look: the moral legitimacy of torture) -- The morality of targeted killing (The United States and targeted killings ; "Post-heroic" warfare ; A closer look: Armed drones and targeted killings ; Drones and decisions to use force ; Noncombatant casualties ; Proportionality ; Legal and moral framework for drone strikes ; The Disembodies warrior ; Arguments against targeted killings).Chapter 11. Media ethics and criminal justice. Media constructions of crime (Crime, media, and ethics) -- Reporting the truth (A closer look: Characteristics of stories crime and media stereotyping of young black males ; A closer look: images of black criminality media stereotyping of gender and crime media distortions of crime and victims of crime ; Case study 11.1: Blaming the victim or privacy violation? Media responses to sexting ; A closer look: Comic books: Constructions of crime, justice, and punishment ; Media and moral panics ; A closer look; the college experience: media representations of "binge drinking" and unsafe and violent campuses ; Media and fear of crime) -- Avoiding bias (Newsworthiness: shaping news ; Media and police) -- Avoiding harm (A closer look: Murders in an Amish community) -- Serving the public (A closer look: The CSI effect ; Crime and infotainment) -- Maintaining trust (A closer look: Media promoting unfairness and injustice) -- Manipulation (A closer look: Media manipulation assists prosecutor and sheriff to catch a convicted murderer planning arson).Chapter12. Duty and principle. Hypothetical and categorical imperatives (The principle of universality ; Respect for all persons ; Kingdom of ends) -- Conflicting duties -- Applying deontological theory (Case study 12.1: Rough justice in a juvenile institution ; A closer look: Deontological evaluation of ethical dilemmas ; A closer look: Applying deontology).Chapter 13. Considering the consequences. Pleasure and happiness - Act consequentialism -- Rule consequentialism -- Public policy and utilitarianism -- Arguments criticizing utilitarianism (A closer look: A case of euthanasia ; A closer look: The treatment of animals ; Case study 13.1: Good friends are hard to find) -- Applying utilitarian theory (A closer look: utilitarian evaluation of ethical dilemmas ; A closer look: applying utilitarianism).Chapter 14. The importance of character. A closer look; Aristotle -- Virtues -- Aristotle and happiness - The golden mean -- Practical wisdom -- What's wrong with virtue? -- Applying virtue theory (Case study 14.1: Profiling in the neighborhood ; A closer look: Virtue ethics evaluation of ethical dilemmas ; A closer look: applying virtue ethics).Chapter 15. Egoism, pleasure, and indifference. Stoicism -- Hedonism -- Ethical egoism (Psychological egoism ; A closer look: Epicurus ; Ethical egoism) -- Applying the theory of ethical egoism (A case study 15.1: Giving your own punishment ; A closer look; Ethical egoism evaluation of ethical dilemmas ; A closer look: Applying ethical egoism).Chapter 16. A sense of justice. Application of the principles -- Justice as fairness -- Moral development -- Applying Rawlsian theory (A closer look: A social justice evaluation of ethical dilemmas ; A closer look: Applying social justice ; Discussion case).Chapter 17. Caring for others. Kohlberg and Gilligan -- A theory of moral development -- "In a different voice": Carol Gilligan -- Gender and the ethic of care (An ethic of care ; Developing the ethic of care) -- The ethic of care and justice -- Peacemaking -- Applying the ethic of care (Case study 17.1: Tough love ; A closer look: Ethic of care and peacemaking approaches to ethical dilemmas ; A closer look: Applying the ethic of care).Criminal Justice Ethics examines the criminal justice system through an ethical lens by identifying ethical issues in practice and theory, exploring ethical dilemmas, and offering suggestions for resolving ethical issues and dilemmas faced by criminal justice professionals.

Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of; Police ethics.; Race discrimination; Corrections;

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