MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008019312
003 DLC
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008 080505s2009 cau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008019312
020 $a9781412958325 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHV7419$b.B36 2009
082 00 $a172/.2$222
100 1 $aBanks, Cyndi.
245 10 $aCriminal justice ethics :$btheory and practice /$cCyndi Banks.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aThousand Oaks, Calif. :$bSage Publications, Inc.,$cc2009.
263 $a0808
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe 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 -- Conditions contributing to police corruption -- Drugs and corruption -- "Slippery slope" -- Consequences of corruption -- 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 -- 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 61 jury selection -- Conviction and sentencing -- Imprisonment disparities -- Death penalty disparities -- Hate crimes -- Explanations for racial discrimination in the criminal justice system -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- Lawyers and ethics -- Legal ethics: historical context -- The principle of partisanship -- The principle of neutrality -- The lawyer-client relationship -- Confidentiality -- Client perjury -- Client crime -- Defense lawyers -- Is it ethically proper to represent a client accused of a criminal offense when the lawyer knows the client is guilty? -- Is it ethically proper to cross-examine a witness with the aim of discrediting his or her credibility or reliability when the lawyer knows the witness is telling the truth? -- Is it ethically proper to have a witness give testimony when the lawyer knows that the witness will commit perjury? -- The prosecutor -- The duty to ensure justice is done -- Discretion to bring charges -- Prosecution disclosure of evidence to the defense -- Plea negotiations 91 prosecutorial misconduct -- Judicial ethics -- Ethical rules governing judges -- Summary -- Discussion questions.
505 0 $aThe 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 conditions -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 counter-terrorist strategy? -- Summary.
505 0 $aThe 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 -- Conflicts of duties between rules -- Applying deontological theory: a case study -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- Considering the consequences -- Pleasure and happiness -- Act consequentialism -- Rule consequentialism -- Public policy and utilitarianism -- Arguments criticizing utilitarianism -- Applying utilitarian theory: a case study -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- The importance of character -- Virtues -- Aristotle and happiness -- The golden mean -- Practical wisdom -- What's wrong with virtue -- Applying virtue theory: a case study -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- Egoism, pleasure, and indifference -- Stoicism -- Hedonism -- Applying the theory of ethical egoism: a case study -- 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: a case study -- Summary -- Discussion questions -- Index -- About the author.
650 0 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$xMoral and ethical aspects.