Preface -- 1. Morality, ethics, and human behavior -- Why study ethics? -- Defining terms -- Morals and ethics -- Making moral judgments -- Duties -- Values -- Morality and the law -- Criminal culpability/moral culpability -- Regulations, standards, and guidelines -- Morality and behavior -- Analyzing ethical dilemmas -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings -- 2. Determining moral behavior -- Ethical systems -- Deontological and teleological ethical systems -- Ethical formalism -- Utilitarianism -- Other ethical systems -- Religion -- Natural law -- The ethics of virtue -- The ethics of care -- Egoism -- Other methods of ethical decision making -- Relativism and absolutism -- Toward a resolution : situational ethics -- Resulting concerns -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings -- 3. Making ethical decisions -- Theories of moral development -- Biological theories -- Learning theory -- Developmental theories -- Ethics, behavior, and criminality -- Predicting behavior -- Teaching ethics -- Morality, criminology, and offender populations -- Why be ethical? -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings --
4. The origins and concept of justice -- Origins of the concept of justice -- Components of justice -- Distributive justice -- Corrective justice -- Substantive justice -- Procedural justice -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings -- 5. Law and the individual -- Paradigms of law -- The consensus paradigm -- The conflict paradigm -- The pluralist paradigm -- Justifications for law -- Legal paternalism -- Legal moralism -- Criminal and moral culpability -- Punishing the mentally ill -- Punishing juveniles -- Punishing white-collar criminals -- Immoral laws and the moral person -- Victims' rights -- Media's portrayal of victims -- Victim precipitation -- Restorative justice -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings -- 6. Ethics and the criminal justice professional -- Policy making in criminal justice -- Ideologies of liberalism and conservatism -- Myths and reality in criminal justice -- Criminal justice researchers--participants in myth making? -- Balancing law and justice -- The criminal justice professional -- Leadership and training -- Teaching ethics in criminal justice -- Avoiding cynicism and burnout -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings --
7. The police role in society : crime fighter or public servant? -- Crime fighter or public servant? -- Community policing -- Authority and power -- Formal ethics for police offices -- The Law Enforcement Code of Ethics -- The police subculture -- Themes and value systems -- The cop code -- A different culture? -- Discretion, duty, and discrimination -- Discretion -- Discretion and duty -- Discretion and discrimination -- Crime fighter and public servant? -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings -- Appendix -- 8. Corruption and the "code" -- Types of corruption -- Gratuities -- On-duty use of drugs and alcohol -- Graft -- Sexual harassment and assault -- Criminal cops -- Excessive force -- Culture of force -- Research on excessive force -- Deadly force -- Summary -- A worldwide problem -- Measures of corruption -- Explanations of deviance -- Individual explanations -- Organizational explanations -- Societal explanations -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings -- 9. Noble-cause corruption -- Introduction -- Investigation -- Proactive investigations -- Police and the media -- The use of undercover officers -- The use of informants -- Justifications for undercover operations -- Interrogation -- Loyalty and whistleblowing -- Teleological arguments -- Deontological arguments -- Loyalty -- Sanctions against whistleblowers -- Reducing corruption -- Education and training -- Integrity testing -- Internal affairs and civilian review/complaint boards -- Early warning or audit systems -- Other methods -- Ethical leadership -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings --
10. Ethics and legal professionals -- First, let's kill all the lawyers... -- Ethical issues for legal professionals -- The attorney-client relationship -- Legal agent versus moral agent? -- A higher standard of behavior -- Ethical issues for defense attorneys -- Responsibility to the client -- Confidentiality -- Conflicts of interest -- Zealous defense -- Ethical issues for prosecutors -- Use of discretion -- Conflicts of interest -- Plea bargaining -- Media relations -- Expert witnesses -- Zealous prosecution -- Prosecutorial misconduct -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings -- 11. Justice and judicial ethics -- Perceptions of judicial processing -- Ethical issues for judges -- Ethical guidelines -- Use of discretion -- Judicial misconduct -- Justice on trial? -- Judicial independence and the Constitution -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings -- 12. The ethics of punishment and corrections -- Rationales for punishment and corrections -- Retribution -- Prevention -- Ethical frameworks for corrections -- Utilitarianism -- Ethical formalism -- Ethics of care -- Rawlsian ethics -- Punishment -- Humane punishment -- Capital punishment -- Private corrections -- Conclusion -- Key terms -- Review questions -- Discussion questions -- Ethical dilemmas -- Suggested readings --
13. Ethics and institutional corrections
Correctional professionals
The correctional officer subculture
Relationships with inmates
General conduct and the "good officer"
Loyalty and whistleblowing
Correctional management and the courts
Correctional management and unions
The use of supermax prisons
Abu Ghraib : a prison by any other name
14. Ethics and community corrections
The concept of community corrections
Probation and parole officers
The probation/parole officer subculture
A new paradigm of corrections?
Reintegrative shaming versus stigmatizing shaming
Ethical issues in restorative justice
15. Ethical choices and the "war on terror"
Crime control and "means-end" thinking
Crime control, human rights, and the war on terror
A license to commit crime?
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