Ethical dilemmas and decisions in criminal justice
By: Joycelyn M. Pollock
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 449
ISBN-13: 9781111346423; 9781111346447; 9781111346980
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Moral and ethical aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Part I : Ethics and the criminal justice system; title: 1. Morality, ethics, and human behavior; title: 2. Determining moral behavior; title: 3. Justice and law; title: 4. Becoming an ethical professional; title: Part II : Police; title: 5. The police role in society; title: 6. Police discretion and dilemmas; title: 7. Police corruption and misconduct; title: Part III : Law; title: 8. Law and legal professionals; title: 9. Discretion and dilemmas in the legal profession; title: 10. Ethical misconduct in the courts and responses; title: Part IV : Corrections; title: 11. The ethics of punishment and corrections; title: 12. Discretion and dilemmas in corrections; title: 13. Correctional professionals : misconduct and responses; title: 14. Making ethical choices; title: Glossary.