Criminal justice ethics : theory and practice /: theory and practice. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Cyndi L. Banks.
• Authors: Banks, Cyndi
• Contents: PART I. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ETHICS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; CHAPTER 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF ETHICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE; The Meaning of Ethics; The Value of Ethics; Normative Ethics; Ethical Relativism; Cultural Relativism; Ethical Absolutism; Ethical Pluralism; Religion and Ethical Standards; Ethics and Natural Law; Ethics and Law; Ethical Dilemmas; Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice; CHAPTER 2. POLICE ETHICS: THE NATURE OF POLICING AND POLICE CORRUPTION; Ethics and Policing; The Nature of Policing; Police as an Institution; Police Culture; Police Discretion; Ethics and Codes of Ethics; Policing and Stress; Police “Militarization”; Police Corruption; Whistle-Blowing; Discrimination as a Corrupt Practice in Policing: Racial Bias, Racial Profiling, and Selective Law Enforcement; CHAPTER 3. POLICE ETHICS: USE OF FORCE, INVESTIGATIONS, INTERROGATIONS, AND LYING; Police Use of Force; Policing, Mental Illness, and Crisis Intervention Teams (CITs); Ethical Issues in Investigation, Interrogation, and Custody; CHAPTER 4. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; Ethical Background; Historical Context; Is There Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System?; Jury Selection; Conviction and Sentencing; Imprisonment Disparities; Hate Crimes; Explanations for Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System; CHAPTER 5. JUDGES, LAWYERS, AND ETHICS; Legal Ethics: Historical Context; The Nature of Professional Ethics; Defense Lawyers; The Prosecutor; Judicial Ethics; CHAPTER 6. THE PURPOSE OF CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT; What Is Punishment?; Theoretical Approaches to Punishment; Why Punish? The Philosophical Approach; Restorative Justice; Why Punish? The Sociological Approach; CHAPTER 7. ETHICS IN CORRECTIONS: THE NATURE OF CORRECTIONS; The Prison Explosion; The Prison Explosion: Time Line of Events; Maximum Security; Medium Security and Minimum Security; Stateville Prison: The Changing State of Corrections; Corrections Subculture; Power and Authority in Prison: Controlling the Inmates; Private Prisons; Disenfranchising Inmates; CHAPTER 8. ETHICS IN CORRECTIONS: GUARDING ETHICALLY; The Experience of Guarding; Guarding Ethically; Guarding With Discretion; Unethical Situations; Rape in Prison; Corruption; Whistle-Blowing in Corrections; Ethical Issues in Probation and Parole; CHAPTER 9. THE ETHICS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY MAKING; The Ethics of Policy Making; Morality Policy; Public Opinion About Punishment; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing; The War on Drugs; Truth in Sentencing; Predators and Superpredators; Capital Punishment; CHAPTER 10. ETHICS AND THE “WAR ON TERRORISM”; Defining Terrorism; Warfare or Crime Control?; The Morality of Targeted Killing; CHAPTER 11. MEDIA ETHICS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE; Media Constructions of Crime; Reporting the Truth; Avoiding Bias; Avoiding Harm; Serving the Public; Maintaining Trust; Manipulation; PART II. THE APPLICATION OF ETHICAL THEORIES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; CHAPTER 12. DUTY AND PRINCIPLE; Hypothetical and Categorical Imperatives; Conflicting Duties; Applying Deontological Theory; CHAPTER 13. CONSIDERING THE CONSEQUENCES; Pleasure and Happiness; Act Consequentialism; Rule Consequentialism; Public Policy and Utilitarianism; Arguments Criticizing Utilitarianism; Applying Utilitarian Theory; CHAPTER 14. THE IMPORTANCE OF CHARACTER; Virtues; Aristotle and Happiness; The Golden Mean; Practical Wisdom; What’s Wrong With Virtue; Applying Virtue Theory; CHAPTER 15. EGOISM, PLEASURE, AND INDIFFERENCE; Stoicism; Hedonism; Ethical Egoism; Applying the Theory of Ethical Egoism; CHAPTER 16. A SENSE OF JUSTICE; Application of the Principles; Justice as Fairness; Moral Development; Applying Rawlsian Theory; 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; The Ethic of Care and Justice; Peacemaking; Applying the Ethic of Care;
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 172.2; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Moral and ethical aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506326078
• Related ISBNs: 9781506326054
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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