Criminal justice ethics : theory and practice /

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Main Author: Banks, Cyndi
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2009.
Edition:2nd ed.
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245 1 0 |a Criminal justice ethics :  |b theory and practice /  |c Cyndi Banks. 
250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a Los Angeles :  |b SAGE,  |c c2009. 
300 |a xiv, 418 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 26 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-402) and index. 
505 0 |a The interaction between ethics and the criminal justice system -- 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 -- Conduct is right because God commands it -- God commands right conduct because it is right -- Ethics and natural law -- Ethics and law -- Ethical dilemmas -- Ethical issues in criminal justice -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- Ethics and the police -- Ethics and policing -- The nature of policing -- Police as an institution -- Police culture -- Police discretion -- Ethics and codes of ethics -- Police use of force -- Dirty Harry/dirty hands -- Police corruption -- Sex services in antiprostitution campaign -- Combating corruption -- Whistle-blowing -- Discrimination as corruption -- Ethical issues in investigation, interrogation, and custody -- Rights of suspects -- Privacy -- Entrapment -- Deception -- Lying -- Explanations for police corruption -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- Web resources -- Racial discrimination in the criminal justice system -- Ethical background -- Historical context -- Is there racial discrimination in the criminal justice system? -- Police encounters with citizens and police arrest -- Bail -- Jury selection -- Conviction and sentencing -- Imprisonment disparities -- Death penalty disparities -- Hate crimes -- Explanations for racial discrimination in the criminal justice system -- How do we explain the existence of racial discrimination in the criminal justice system? -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- Web resources -- Lawyers and ethics -- Legal ethics: historical context -- The nature of professional ethics -- The principle of partisanship -- The principle of neutrality -- The lawyer-client relationship -- Confidentiality -- Client perjury -- Client crime -- Defense lawyers -- The prosecutor -- The duty to ensure justice is done -- Discretion to bring charges -- Prosecution disclosure of evidence to the defense -- Plea bargaining -- Prosecutorial misconduct -- Judicial ethics -- Ethical rules governing judges -- Judicial misfeasance -- Summary -- Discussion questions. 
505 0 |a The purpose of criminal punishment -- What is punishment? -- Theoretical approaches to punishment -- Why punish? The philosophical approach -- Deterrence -- Retribution -- Just deserts -- Reconciling utilitarian and retributive theories -- Rehabilitation -- Incapacitation -- Restorative justice -- Why punish? The sociological approach -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- Ethics in corrections -- The prison explosion -- Maximum security -- Women's incarceration -- Medium security -- Minimum security -- Stateville prison: the changing state of corrections -- Guarding ethically -- The experience of guarding -- Corruption of authority -- Power and authority in prison: controlling the inmates -- The battle for compliance -- Evaluating guards -- Rewards and punishments -- Enforcing rule violations -- Informal controls -- Guarding with discretion -- The gray wall of silence: prison guard subculture -- Subculture and socialization -- Guard types -- Use of force -- The court's view of correctional officer use of force -- Correctional policy on the use of force -- Prisoner "power" -- Unethical situations -- Rape in prison -- Corruption -- Whistle-blowing in corrections -- Ethical considerations in probation and parole -- Arming probation officers -- Treatment or control? -- Parole -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- Web resources -- 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 -- Sexual predators -- Superpredators -- Capital punishment -- Public opinion on capital punishment -- Private prisons -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- Web resources -- Ethics and the "war on terrorism" -- Defining terrorism -- Warfare or crime control -- What are the morally justifiable constraints and restrictions that a government should be permitted to impose on its citizens in a war on terrorism? -- What moral restrictions apply to the conduct of counter terrorist operations? -- Is torture morally permissible as a counterterrorist strategy? -- Summary -- Discussion questions. 
505 0 |a The application of ethical theories to the criminal justice system -- Duty and principle -- Hypothetical and categorical imperatives -- The principle of universality -- Respect for all persons -- Kingdom of ends -- Conflicting duties -- Applying deontological theory -- Summary -- Discussion case -- Discussion questions -- Considering the consequences -- Pleasure and happiness -- Act consequentialism -- Rule consequentialism -- Public policy and utilitarianism -- Arguments criticizing utilitarianism -- Applying utilitarian theory -- Summary -- Discussion case -- Discussion questions -- The importance of character -- Virtues -- Aristotle and happiness -- The golden mean -- Practical wisdom -- What's wrong with virtue -- Applying virtue theory -- Summary -- Discussion case -- Discussion questions -- Egoism, pleasure, and indifference -- Stoicism -- Hedonism -- Ethical egoism -- Psychological egoism -- Ethical egoism -- Applying the theory of ethical egoism -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- A sense of justice -- Application of the principles -- Justice as fairness -- Moral development -- Applying Rawlsian theory -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- Caring for others -- Kohlberg and Gilligan -- A theory of moral development -- "In a different voice": Carol Gilligan -- Gender and the ethic of care -- An ethic of care -- Developing the ethic of care -- The ethic of care and justice -- Peacemaking -- Applying the ethic of care -- Summary -- Discussion case -- Discussion questions -- References -- Index -- About the author. 
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