Professional Ethics in Criminal Justice: Being Ethical When No One is Looking, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2016

  • Jay S. Albanese Virginia Commonwealth University

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Table of contents

1. Recognizing Ethical Decisions. Ethics and Critical Thinking
2. Virtue Ethics. Seeking the Good
3. Formalism. Carrying Out Obligation and Duty
4. Utilitarianism. Measuring Consequences
5. Crime and Law. Which Behaviors Ought to Be Crimes?
6. Police. How Should the Law Be Enforced?
7. Courts. How Ought a Case Be Adjudicated?
8. Punishment and Corrections. What Should Be Done with Offenders?
9. Liability. What Should Be the Consequence of Unethical Conduct?
10. The Future. Will We Be More or Less Ethical?

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