Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introducing the fundamentals of ethical theory, this text exposes the reader to the ways and means of making moral judgments by covering the teachings of the great philosophers, sources of criminal justice ethics, and unethical patterns in the criminal justice system. It is presented from two perspectives: a thematic perspective that addresses ethical principles common to all components of the discipline, and an area-specific perspective that addresses the state of ethics in criminal justice in the fields of policing, corrections, and probation and parole. NEW THIS EDITION The fifth edition features a comprehensive study of civility and its major characteristics, which are the bloodline of ethical communities. A classical approach to the study of ethics in criminal justiceFifth Edition enhanced by new chapter on civility in criminal justiceChallenges the reader to emphasize and restore ethics in their part of the criminal justice field"What you will learn from this chapter," key terms and definitions, and review questions included with each chapter.

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Acquainting yourself with ethics -- Familiarizing yourself with ethics -- Understanding criminal justice ethics -- Meeting the masters -- The ambivalent reality -- Lying and deception in criminal justice -- Racial prejudice and racial discrimination -- Egoism and the abuse of authority -- Misguided loyalties -- Ethics of criminal justice today -- Ethics and police -- Ethics and corrections (prisons) -- Ethics of probation and parole -- The truth revealed civility : the mother of all virtues -- What can be done to restore ethics? --

ETHICS in Criminal Justice: In Search of the Truth -- Copyright Page -- Foreword -- On the Virtues of Man -- 1. : Acquainting Yourself with Ethics -- Overview -- Exhibit 1-Knowledge and Reasoning -- A Life Unexamined Is Not Worth Living -- Exploring Virtue -- Knowledge and Virtue -- The Reasoning Process -- Socratic Reasoning -- The Death of Socrates -- Exhibit 2-Intellect and Truth -- Sources of Intellect -- Nature of the Truth -- Plato's Divided Line -- Plato's Dual Truths: Physical and Metaphysical -- Exhibit 3-The Nature of Reality -- Discovering Reality -- Aristotle's Ethical RealismExhibit 4-The Nature of Morality -- Morality and Ethics -- Morality Defined -- Moral Principles -- Relativist Views of Morality -- Situational Morality -- The Jimmy Carter Story -- Exhibit 5-Nature of Goodness -- The Good Life -- The Grammar of Goodness -- First Premise: There are two categories of goodness-intrinsic and non-intrinsic -- Second Premise: There are two categories of evil-intrinsic and non-intrinsic. -- Third Premise: Levels of goodness (or evil) are hierarchically ranked, culminating in summum bonum. -- The Principle of Summum Bonum -- A Guiding Formula for Moral Judgment -- E = PJ2E = PJ2 in Practice -- Summary -- Exhibit 6-Actions and Consequences -- Bad Actions/Good Consequences -- Good Actions/Bad Consequences -- The Utilitarian Measure -- Pioneers of Utilitarianism -- Exhibit 7-Determinism and Intentionalism -- Determinism -- Scientific Determinism -- Intentionalism -- Exhibit 8-The Ethical Person -- 2. : Familiarizing Yourself with Ethics -- Overview -- Captain Balian's Story -- Was the Captain Right? -- Lieutenant Lotem's Story -- Was the Lieutenant Right? -- Moral Judgment in Criminal Justice -- Warning: The Deception of Occupational Subculture -- Occupational Subculture -- The Philosophy of WisdomWisdom and Knowledge -- Fallacious Reasoning -- The Nature of Ethics -- Ethics Defined -- A Definitional Caveat -- The Scope of Ethics -- Ethical Theory -- Credibility of Ethics -- The Rule of Reasonableness -- Categories of Ethical Theory: Normative and Metaethics -- Normative Ethics -- Metaethics -- Normative Ethics: Deontological and Teleological -- Deontological Theory -- Teleological Theory -- Historical Origins of Ethics -- Metaphysical/Eternal Law View -- Religious View -- Social and Legalistic Views -- The Medieval View -- The Social Contract View -- 3. : Understanding Criminal Justice EthicsOverview -- Ethics of Natural Law -- Natural Law Defined -- Natural Law as the Law of Humanity -- Relevance of Natural Law -- The Hierarchical Order of Virtues -- Moral Implications -- Ethics of Religious Testaments -- The Role of Religion in Society -- Radical Views of Religion -- Dysfunctions of Religion -- Religion and Ethics -- Ethics in Christianity -- Moral Implications -- Ethics of Constitutional Provisions -- Ethics of the U.S. Constitution -- Ethics of Law -- The Idea of Legitimacy -- Ethics of Positive Law -- The Edwin Meese Syndrome -- The Imperative of Ethical Discretion -- Ethical Discretion.

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