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Professional Ethics in Criminal Justice Being Ethical When No One Is Looking

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ISBN-10: 0131375652

ISBN-13: 9780131375659

Edition: 3rd 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Jay S. Albanese

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Every major issue, problem, scandal, and crime in the criminal justice field has ethics at its core.PROFESSIONAL ETHICS: BEING ETHICAL WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING, 3/epresents the three major ethical schools of thought (virtue, formalism, and utilitarianism) in a clear way that emphasizes how ethics impacts individual decision-making. Extensive critical-thinking exercises,Ethics in the Moviesfeatures andEthics in Booksfeatures use popular events and media to raise ethical questions and help students develop ethical reasoning skills. Separate chapters are devoted to law, police, courts, corrections, and liability so students see the direct connection between ethics and specific aspects of the…    
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Book details

List price: $93.60
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 12/27/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

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