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| The Interaction Between Ethics And The Criminal Justice System | |
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| The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice | |
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| The Meaning of Ethics | |
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| The Value of Ethics | |
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| Normative Ethics | |
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| Ethical Relativism | |
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| Ethical Absolutism | |
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| Ethical Pluralism | |
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| Religion and Ethical Standards | |
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| Ethics and Natural Law | |
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| Ethics and Law | |
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| Ethical Dilemmas | |
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| Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Ethics and the Police | |
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| Ethics and Policing | |
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| The Nature of Policing | |
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| Police as an Institution | |
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| Police Culture | |
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| Police Discretion | |
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| Ethics and Codes of Ethics | |
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| Police Use of Force | |
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| Dirty Harry/Dirty Hands | |
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| Police Corruption | |
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| Whistle-Blowing | |
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| Ethical Issues in Investigation, Interrogation, and Custody | |
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| Explanations for Police Corruption | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System | |
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| Ethical Background | |
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| Historical Context | |
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| Is There Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System? | |
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| Imprisonment Disparities | |
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| Death Penalty Disparities | |
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| Hate Crimes | |
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| Explanations for Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Lawyers and Ethics | |
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| Legal Ethics: Historical Context | |
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| The Nature of Professional Ethics | |
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| Defense Lawyers | |
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| The Prosecutor | |
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| Judicial Ethics | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| The Purpose of Criminal Punishment | |
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| What is Punishment? | |
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| Theoretical Approaches to Punishment | |
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| Why Punish? The Philosophical Approach | |
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| Why Punish? The Sociological Approach | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Ethics in Corrections | |
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| The Prison Explosion | |
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| Maximum Security Conditions | |
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| Women's Incarceration | |
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| Medium Security | |
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| Minimum Security | |
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| Stateville Prison: The Changing State of Corrections | |
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| Guarding Ethically | |
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| The Experience of Guarding | |
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| Power and Authority in Prison: Controlling the Inmates | |
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| Guarding with Discretion | |
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| The Gray Wall of Silence: Prison Guard Subculture | |
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| Use of Force | |
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| Prisoner "Power" | |
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| Unethical Situations | |
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| Whistle-Blowing in Corrections | |
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| Ethical Considerations in Probation and Parole | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| The Ethics of Criminal Justice Policy Making | |
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| The Ethics of Policy Making | |
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| Morality Policy | |
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| Public Opinion About Punishment | |
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| Mandatory Minimum Sentencing | |
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| The "War on Drugs" | |
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| Truth in Sentencing | |
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| Predators and Superpredators | |
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| Capital Punishment | |
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| Private Prisons | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Summary | |
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| Ethics and the War on Terrorism | |
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| Defining terrorism | |
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| Warfare or Crime Control? | |
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| What are the Morally Justifiable Constraints and Restrictions that a Government Should be Permitted to Impose on its Citizens in a War on Terrorism? | |
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| What Moral Restrictions Apply to the Conduct of Counter Terrorist Operations? | |
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| Is Torture Morally Permissible as a Counter-Terrorist Strategy? | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Application Of Ethical Theories To The Criminal Justice System | |
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| Duty and Principle | |
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| Hypothetical and Categorical Imperatives | |
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| Conflicting Duties | |
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| Applying Deontological Theory: A Case Study | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Considering the Consequences | |
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| Pleasure and Happiness | |
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| Act Consequentialism | |
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| Rule Consequentialism | |
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| Public Policy and Utilitarianism | |
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| Arguments Criticizing Utilitarianism | |
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| Applying Utilitarian Theory: A Case Study | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| The Importance of Character | |
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| Virtues | |
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| Aristotle and Happiness | |
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| The Golden Mean | |
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| Practical Wisdom | |
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| What's Wrong with Virtue | |
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| Applying Virtue Theory: A Case Study | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Egoism, Pleasure, and Indifference | |
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| Stoicism | |
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| Hedonism | |
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| Ethical Egoism | |
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| Applying the Theory of Ethical Egoism: A Case Study | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| A Sense of Justice | |
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| Application of Principals | |
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| Justice as Fairness | |
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| Moral Development | |
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| Applying Rawlsian Theory | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Caring for Others | |
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| Kohlberg and Gilligan | |
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| A Theory of Moral Development | |
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| "In a Different Voice": Carol Gilligan | |
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| Gender and the Ethic of Care | |
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| The Ethic of Care and Justice | |
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| Peacemaking | |
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| Applying the Ethic of Care: A Case Study | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |