Ethics in Crime and Justice: Dilemmas and Decisions - Softcover

This text provides readers with the information needed to solve moral dilemmas within the complicated criminal justice system. It begins with a straightforward presentation of the major ethical systems followed by a discussion of moral development and the ideal of justice. The book includes not only philosophical information but practical applications as well, because of the issue-based approach, which allows each student to make individual decisions.

Offers readers the tools to understand and address ethical questions in the criminal justice system. Covers professionalism, ethics of punishment and correction, morality and human behavior, principles of justice, ethics and law enforcement, and more. Explores current, news-worthy cases to gain a realistic picture of ethical questions that arise in the criminal justice system and shows how sound, moral decisions are made as a response.