Criminal Justice Ethics

Theory and Practice
3. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4129-9545-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

In the Third Edition of Criminal Justice Ethics, author Cyndi Banks once again examines the criminal justice system through an ethical lens identifying ethical issues in practice and in theory, exploring ethical dilemmas, and proposing means through which criminal justice professionals might resolve ethical issues and dilemmas. The text adopts a critical perspective in the sense that the constituent parts of the criminal justice system are scrutinized within a framework where questions are raised about moral and ethical conduct and standards. Readers are drawn into a unique discussion of ethical issues by exploring moral dilemmas faced by professionals in the criminal justice system first, then presented with and examination of 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Banks, Cynthia (Cyndi) L.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I:THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ETHICS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
1. The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice
2. Ethics and the Police
3. Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System
4. Lawyers and Ethics
5. The Purpose of Criminal Punishment
6. Ethics in Corrections
7. The Ethics of Criminal Justice Policy Making
8. Ethics and the “War on Terrorism
9. Media Ethics and Criminal Justice
PART II: THE APPLICATION OF ETHICAL THEORIES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
10. Duty and Principle
11. Considering the Consequences
12. The Importance of Character
13. Egoism, Pleasure, and Indifference
14. A Sense of Justice
15. Caring for Others

Über Autor(innen)

Banks, Cynthia (Cyndi) L.
Cyndi Banks is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University. She teaches courses on a range of subjects with a special focus on criminal justice ethics, juvenile justice, gender and crime, as well as comparative criminology. As well as being an accomplished academic, Dr. Banks in an expert consultant for overseas development projects in the justice sector and, in that capacity, as worked in Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, Iraq and, most recently, as a juvenile justice specialist with UNICEF in Sudan. In additional to this text, she is the author of four other books and has a new book in press concerned with the experience of institutionalization for juveniles in an institution in Alaska.