Justice, Crime, and Ethics

9. New Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-21017-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 516 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1202 g

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. This ninth edition continues to deliver a broad scope of topics, focusing on law enforcement, legal practice, sentencing, corrections, research, crime control policy, and philosophical issues. The book’s robust coverage encompasses contentious issues such as capital punishment, prison corruption, and the use of deception in police interrogation. The ninth edition includes new material on juvenile justice, corporate crime, and prosecutorial misconduct. The “Policy and Ethics” feature and new “Ethical Dilemma” feature added to most chapters illuminate the ethics of institutions as well as individuals. Students of criminal justice, as well as instructors and professionals in the field, continue to rely on this thorough, dependable resource on ethical decision making in the criminal justice system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Braswell, Michael C.

McCarthy, Belinda Rodgers

McCarthy, Belinda R.

McCarthy, Bernard J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Note on the Eighth Edition
SECTION I INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 Ethics, Crime, and Justice: An Introductory Note to Students
Michael C. Braswell
CHAPTER 2 Utilitarian and Deontological Approaches to Criminal Justice Ethics
Jeffrey Gold
CHAPTER 3 Peacemaking, Justice, and Ethics
Michael C. Braswell and Lana A. McDowell
Case Study 3.1: To Help or Not to Help?
Exercise I.1: Your Personal Philosophy
Exercise I.2: The Ethics of Drug Control Policy

SECTION II ETHICAL ISSUES IN POLICING
CHAPTER 4 Learning Police Ethics
Steven J. Ellwanger
CHAPTER 5 Deception in Police Interrogations: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas
Steven J. Ellwanger
CHAPTER 6 Using Ethical Dilemmas in Training Police
Joycelyn M. Pollock and Howard E. Williams
CHAPTER 7 Police Ethics, Legal Proselytism, and the Social Order: Paving the Path to Misconduct
Victor E. Kappeler, Gary W. Potter, and Edward Green

SECTION III ETHICS AND THE COURTS
CHAPTER 8 Whatever Happened to Atticus Finch? Lawyers as Legal Advocates and Moral Agents
Joycelyn M. Pollock
Case Study 8.1: Child Rapist
CHAPTER 9 Ethical Challenges for Prosecutors
Richard R.E. Kania
Case Study 9.1: It’s a Rat Race, and the Best Rat Wins
CHAPTER 10 Balancing Harms: The Ethics and Purposes of Criminal Sentencing
Lawrence F. Travis III and Daniel J. Lytle
CHAPTER 11 Punishment, Crime, and Ethics
Laurie A. Gould, Jack Lightfoot, and Kayla Hulon
CHAPTER 12 To Die or Not to Die: Morality, Ethics, and the Death Penalty
John T. Whitehead, Michael C. Braswell, and Kyle A. Burgason
Case Study 12.1: Politics or Ethics? A Governor’s Prerogative

SECTION IV ETHICAL ISSUES IN CORRECTIONS
CHAPTER 13 Ethical Issues in Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections
John T. Whitehead and Vanessa Woodward
CHAPTER 14 Restorative Justice and Ethics: Real-World Applications
Lana McDowell, Michael C. Braswell, and John T. Whitehead
CHAPTER 15 Keeping an Eye on the Keeper: The Impact of Corrupt Practices on the Prison
Bernard J. McCarthy and Cara J. Perry-Bellmer
CHAPTER 16 Ethics and Prison: Selected Issues
John T. Whitehead, Bradley Edwards, and Hayden Griffin III
Case Study 16.1: Who’s Running the Prison?

SECTION V ETHICAL ISSUES IN CRIME CONTROL POLICY AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER 17 Crime and Justice Myths
Egan Green and Michael Bush
Exercise V.1: How Television Affects Our Perceptions of Crime
CHAPTER 18 Juvenile Justice Ethical Issues: How Should We Treat Juveniles?
Kimberly D. Dodson and John T. Whitehead
Chapter 19 Corporate Misconduct and Ethics
Bradley Edwards and Michael C. Braswell
CHAPTER 20 Ethics and Criminal Justice Research
Belinda R. McCarthy, Robin J. King, and Jennifer A. Pealer
CHAPTER 20 Ethical issues in Confronting Terrorism
Bernard J. McCarthy

SECTION VI ETHICS AND THE FUTURE
CHAPTER 22 Criminal Justice: An Ethic for the Future
Michael C. Braswell, Kyle A. Burgason, and Robert C. England

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Michael C. Braswell is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology of East Tennessee State University (ETSU). Braswell received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Mercer University in 1969, his Master of Arts in Psychology from the State University of West Georgia in 1970, his Ed.S. in Rehabilitation/Correctional Counseling from the University of Georgia in 1973, and his Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1975. He joined the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at ETSU in 1977, where he taught classes on Ethics and Justice, Human Relations and Criminal Justice, and Film Studies in Crime and Justice.
Dr. Belinda L. McCarthy is Professor of Counseling, Leadership, and Special Education at Missouri State University. Her PhD is in Criminal Justice from SUNY Albany.
Dr. Bernard J. McCarthy is Professor of Criminology at Missouri State University. He is also Director of the Center for Community and Social Issues, and Program Coordinator for the MSAS (Criminal Justice and Homeland Security).