Justice, Crime, and Ethics
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (930 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1437734855 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars audra boyer Great literature. Loose Associations, Weak Ethical Arguments David Carruth While the text is largely well written, the authors are clearly reaching far in order to make some points. For example, one section of the book provides "A Guide for Simple Meditation." The authors make the argument that because it can benefit reform when practiced by inmates, it is an ethical issue for criminal justice professionals who should in turn practice it. The text generally provides an extremely liberal view of ethics, and any person with even the slightest conservative leaning may think the book is flatly telling them they are wrong.Overall, I certainly wouldn't recommend this. Justice Great book and just what I needed for my class .It is very in depth and addresses criminal justice in a way that shows its strength and weaknesses.
New content includes new material on juvenile justice, corporate crime, and prosecutorial misconduct. 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. The book's robust coverage encompasses contentious issues such as capital punishment, prison corruption, the use of deception in police interrogation, and many more. Students of criminal justice, as well as instructors and professionals in the field, will continue to rely on this thorough, dependable resource on ethical decision-making in the criminal justice system.. This eighth edition continues to deliver a broad scope of topics through focus on law enforcement, legal practice, sentencing, corrections, research, crime control policy, and philosophical issues
The text is geared towards undergraduates in criminology programs and offers lists of key concepts, text boxes, and discussion questions among its learning features." --SciTech Book News . Material is grouped under sections on ethical issues in policing, ethics and the courts, ethical issues in corrections, ethical issues in crime control policy and research, and ethics and the future. Specific topics discussed include how police officers learn ethics, legally permissible but unethical conduct, guidance for lawyers, types of restorative justice programs, ethics and prison, and the Ford Pinto cas
McCarthy is Professor of Counseling, Leadership, and Special Education at Missouri State University. . A former prison psychologist, he taught ethics and human relations courses for more than 30 years at East Tennessee State University. Braswell is Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice and Criminology at East Tennessee State University (ETSU). Her Ph.D is in Criminal Justice from SUNY Albany.Bern