An edition of Criminal Justice Ethics
(2004)
Criminal justice ethics
theory and practice
2nd ed.
by Cyndi Banks
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Table of Contents
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
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.
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 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.
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
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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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