Full Description
Criminal Justice Ethics, Fourth Edition 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. Bestselling author Cyndi Banks draws readers into a unique discussion of ethical issues by exploring moral dilemmas faced by professionals in the criminal justice system before examining the major theoretical foundations of ethics. This distinct organization allows readers to understand real life ethical issues before grappling with philosophical approaches to the resolution of those issues.
Contents
PART I. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ETHICS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMThe Meaning of EthicsThe Value of EthicsNormative EthicsEthical RelativismCultural RelativismEthical AbsolutismEthical PluralismReligion and Ethical StandardsEthics and Natural LawEthics and LawEthical DilemmasEthical Issues in Criminal JusticeEthics and PolicingThe Nature of PolicingPolice as an InstitutionPolice CulturePolice DiscretionEthics and Codes of EthicsPolicing and StressPolice "Militarization"Police CorruptionWhistle-BlowingDiscrimination as a Corrupt Practice in Policing: Racial Bias, Racial Profiling, and Selective Law EnforcementLYINGPolice Use of ForcePolicing, Mental Illness, and Crisis Intervention Teams (CITs)Ethical Issues in Investigation, Interrogation, and CustodyEthical BackgroundHistorical ContextIs There Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System?Jury SelectionConviction and SentencingImprisonment DisparitiesHate CrimesExplanations for Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice SystemCHAPTER 5. JUDGES, LAWYERS, AND ETHICSLegal Ethics: Historical ContextThe Nature of Professional EthicsDefense LawyersThe ProsecutorJudicial EthicsWhat Is Punishment?Theoretical Approaches to PunishmentWhy Punish? The Philosophical ApproachRestorative JusticeWhy Punish? The Sociological ApproachThe Prison ExplosionThe Prison Explosion: Time Line of EventsMaximum SecurityMedium Security and Minimum SecurityStateville Prison: The Changing State of CorrectionsCorrections SubculturePower and Authority in Prison: Controlling the InmatesPrivate PrisonsDisenfranchising InmatesThe Experience of GuardingGuarding EthicallyGuarding With DiscretionUnethical SituationsRape in PrisonCorruptionWhistle-Blowing in CorrectionsEthical Issues in Probation and ParoleThe Ethics of Policy MakingMorality PolicyPublic Opinion About PunishmentMandatory Minimum SentencingThe War on DrugsTruth in SentencingPredators and SuperpredatorsCapital PunishmentDefining TerrorismWarfare or Crime Control?The Morality of Targeted KillingCHAPTER 11. MEDIA ETHICS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICEMedia Constructions of CrimeReporting the TruthAvoiding BiasAvoiding HarmServing the PublicMaintaining TrustManipulationCHAPTER 12. DUTY AND PRINCIPLEHypothetical and Categorical ImperativesConflicting DutiesApplying Deontological TheoryCHAPTER 13. CONSIDERING THE CONSEQUENCESPleasure and HappinessAct ConsequentialismRule ConsequentialismPublic Policy and UtilitarianismArguments Criticizing UtilitarianismApplying Utilitarian TheoryVirtuesAristotle and HappinessThe Golden MeanPractical WisdomWhat's Wrong With VirtueApplying Virtue TheoryCHAPTER 15. EGOISM, PLEASURE, AND INDIFFERENCEStoicismHedonismEthical EgoismApplying the Theory of Ethical EgoismApplication of the PrinciplesJustice as FairnessMoral DevelopmentApplying Rawlsian TheoryCHAPTER 17. CARING FOR OTHERSKohlberg and GilliganA Theory of Moral Development"In a Different Voice": Carol GilliganGender and the Ethic of CareThe Ethic of Care and JusticePeacemakingApplying the Ethic of Care
