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About the Author | |
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Preface | |
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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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Police Brutality in New Orleans | |
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Police Brutality During Katrina | |
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Normative Ethics | |
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Ethical Relativism | |
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Death Row Inmate Set Free | |
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Cultural 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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Conduct Is Right Because God Commands It | |
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God Commands Right Conduct Because It Is Right | |
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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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Ethical Problems in the Use of Authority | |
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Ethical Problems in the Relationship Between Personal and Professional Interests | |
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Ethical Problems in Personal and Professional Commitments to Clients | |
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Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice and Public Policy | |
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Ethical Issues Resulting From Policing Policies | |
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Ethical Problems in Information Sharing | |
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Ethical Problems Dealing With Human Rights Issues in the Criminal Justice System | |
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Ethical Issues in the Media Reporting of Crime | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Case | |
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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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Cop Gets 15 Years in Torture Case | |
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Blowing the Whistle on Police Violence | |
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Dirty Harry/Dirty Hands | |
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Police Officer Shown Hitting Man With Baton on Video | |
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Police Corruption | |
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Conditions Contributing to Police Corruption | |
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Combating Corruption | |
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Whistle-Blowing | |
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Punished for Whistle-Blowing? | |
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Discrimination as Corruption | |
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"Looking Mexican" | |
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Racial Profiling: When Color Signals Dangerousness | |
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Ethical Issues in Investigation, Interrogation, and Custody | |
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Rights of Suspects | |
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Privacy | |
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Entrapment | |
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Deception | |
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Lying | |
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Explanations for Police Corruption | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Web Resources | |
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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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Police Encounters With Citizens and Police Arrest | |
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Bail | |
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Jury Selection | |
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In Dallas, Dismissal of Buck Jurors Leads to Appeal by Death Row Inmate | |
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Conviction and Sentencing | |
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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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How Do We Explain the Existence of Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System? | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Web Resources | |
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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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The Principle of Partisanship | |
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The Principle of Neutrality | |
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The Lawyer- Client Relationship | |
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Confidentiality | |
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Client Perjury | |
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Client Crime | |
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Buried Bodies Case | |
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Defense Lawyers | |
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The Prosecutor | |
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The Duty to Ensure Justice Is Done | |
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Prosecutor Misconduct | |
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Discretion to Bring Charges | |
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Prosecution Disclosure of Evidence to the Defense | |
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Plea Bargaining | |
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Prosecutorial Misconduct | |
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Wrongful Conviction Payment | |
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Convict's DNA Sways Labs, Not a Determined Prosecutor | |
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Prosecutor Withholds Evidence | |
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Release After 14 Years | |
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Judicial Ethics | |
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Ethical Rules Governing Judges | |
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Prosecutor Says Tape Shows Brooklyn Judge Took a Bribe | |
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Judge Receives 28-Year Sentence for Taking Bribes | |
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Judicial Misfeasance | |
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Federal Judges and Financial Interest Conflicts | |
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Appearance of Partiality | |
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Judicial Bribery | |
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Gross Abuse of Power | |
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Texas Judge Reprimanded | |
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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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The Nature of the Punishment: Corporal Punishment | |
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Deterrence | |
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Retribution | |
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Just Deserts | |
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Reconciling Utilitarian and Retributive Theories | |
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Rehabilitation | |
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Incapacitation | |
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Restorative Justice | |
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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 | |
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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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Male Prison Rape and "Deliberate Indifference" | |
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The Experience of Guarding | |
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Corruption of Authority | |
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Power and Authority in Prison: Controlling the Inmates | |
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The Battle for Compliance | |
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Evaluating Guards | |
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Rewards and Punishments | |
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Enforcing Rule Violations | |
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Informal Controls | |
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Guarding With Discretion | |
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The Gray Wall of Silence: Prison Guard Subculture | |
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Subculture and Socialization | |
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Guard Types | |
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Use of Force | |
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Sex Offenders and Use of Force | |
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The Court's View of Correctional Officer Use of Force | |
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Correctional Policy on the Use of Force | |
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Prisoner "Power" | |
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Unethical Situations | |
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Rape in Prison | |
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Rape in Prison | |
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Transgender Experiences of Prison Rape | |
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Guard Forces Transgender Inmate to Have Sex With Him | |
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Transgender Prisoners | |
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Corruption | |
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Jail Guards Charged With Smuggling | |
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Fixing a Drink in Prison | |
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Ex-S.C. Correctional Officer Sentenced | |
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Whistle-Blowing in Corrections 178 Ethical Considerations in Probation and Parole | |
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Arming Probation Officers | |
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Treatment or Control? | |
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Parole | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Web Resources | |
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The Ethics of Criminal Justice Policy Making | |
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The Ethics of Policy Making | |
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An Example of Unethical 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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Sexual Predators | |
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Superpredators | |
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Capital Punishment | |
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Public Opinion on Capital Punishment | |
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Private Prisons | |
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Private Prisons-A Good Policy Choice? | |
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Disenfranchising Inmates of Their Voting Rights | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Web Resources | |
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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 Counterterrorist Strategy? | |
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The Morality of Targeted Killing | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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Media Ethics and Criminal Justice | |
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Reporting the Truth | |
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Avoiding Bias | |
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Avoiding Harm | |
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Serving the Public | |
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Maintaining Trust | |
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Manipulation | |
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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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The Principle of Universality | |
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Respect for All Persons | |
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Kingdom of Ends | |
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Conflicting Duties | |
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Applying Deontological Theory | |
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Rough Justice in a Juvenile Institution | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Case | |
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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 | |
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Good Friends Are Hard to Find | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Case | |
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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 | |
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Profiling in the Neighborhood | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Case | |
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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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Psychological Egoism | |
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Ethical Egoism | |
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Applying the Theory of Ethical Egoism | |
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Giving Your Own Punishment | |
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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 the Principles | |
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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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An Ethic of Care | |
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Developing 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 | |
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Tough Love | |
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Summary | |
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Discussion Case | |
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Discussion Questions | |
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References | |
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Index | |