Table of Contents

Section I: INTRODUCTION 1. Ethics, Crime, and Justice: An Introductory Note to Students 2. Utilitarian and Deontological Approaches to Criminal Justice Ethics 3. Peacemaking, Justice, and Ethics Section II: ETHICAL ISSUES IN POLICING 4. How Police Officers Learn Ethics 5. Deception in Police Interrogation 6. Using Ethical Dilemmas in Training Police 7. Police Ethics, Legal Proselytism, and the Social Order: Paving the Path to Misconduct Section III: ETHICS AND THE COURTS 8. Whatever Happened to Atticus Finch? Lawyers as Legal Advocates and Moral Agents 9. Prossecutor Misconduct 10. Criminal Sentencing: Goals, Practices, and Ethics 11. Crime and Punishment: Punishment Philosophies and Ethical Dilemmas 12. To Die or Not to Die: Morality, Ethics, and the Death Penalty Section IV: ETHICAL ISSUES IN CORRECTIONS 13. Ethical Issues in Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections 14. Restorative Justice and the Peacemaking Ethic 15. Keeping an Eye on the Keeper: Prison Corruption and Its Control 16. Ethics and Prison: Selected Issues Section V: ETHICAL ISSUES IN CRIME CONTROL POLICY AND RESEARCH 17. Crime and Justice Myths 18. The Ford Pinto Case and Beyond: Assessing Blame 19. Ethics and Criminal Justice Research 20. Terrorism and Justice Section VI: ETHICS AND THE FUTURE 21. Criminal Justice: An Ethic for the Future

About the Author

Dr. Michael C. Braswell is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology of East Tennessee State University (ETSU). Braswell received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Mercer University in 1969, a Master of Arts in Psychology from West Georgia College in 1970, his Ed.S. in Rehabilitation/Correctional Counseling from the University of Georgia in 1973, and his Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1975. He joined the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at ETSU in 1977, and teaches classes on Ethics and Justice, Human Relations and Criminal Justice, and Film Studies in Crime and Justice. Belinda R. McCarthy is Professor of Counseling, Leadership, and Special Education at Missouri State University. Her Ph.D is in Criminal Justice from SUNY Albany. Bernard J. McCarthy is Professor of Criminology at Missouri State University. He is also Director of the Center for Homeland Security, Program Coordinator MAAS (Criminal Justice and Homeland Security).

Reviews

"The seventh edition of this criminal justice text on ethics has been updated with new case studies and exercises, new chapters on ethics in police training and interrogation, and expansions and revisions throughout. Material is grouped under sections on ethical issues in policing, ethics and the courts, ethical issues in corrections, ethical issues in crime control policy and research, and ethics and the future. Specific topics discussed include how police officers learn ethics, legally permissible but unethical conduct, guidance for lawyers, types of restorative justice programs, ethics and prison, and the Ford Pinto case. The text is geared towards undergraduates in criminology programs and offers lists of key concepts, text boxes, and discussion questions among its learning features." --SciTech Book News