Ethics in criminal justice / Christopher Dreisbach.
| Author/creator | Dreisbach, Christopher |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : McGraw-Hill, ©2009. |
| Description | xvii, 334 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preliminaries -- Introduction: challenges and tools -- Case 1.1. The counterfeit counterfeit 20s -- Accountability and integrity -- Working assumptions -- The challenge and tools of moral leadership -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- Moral decision making: the logic of ethics -- Case 2.1. When Fred shot Barney -- Conclusions, premises, and good and bad arguments -- Deduction versus induction -- Truth versus validity -- Fallacies -- Case 2.2. Inside information -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- Philosophical ethics -- Consequentialism -- Case 3.1. Huck Finn and Jim -- Basic theories -- Consequentialism -- Egoism -- Case 3.2. Antigone -- Case 3.3. The state trooper and the injured truck driver -- Utilitarianism -- Case 3.4. The rebellion -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- Regularianism -- Regularianism -- Case 4.1. The judge and the moral problem -- Advantages -- Objectivity -- Common starting point -- Advanced preparation -- Understanding others -- Shortcomings -- Bad rules -- No rules -- Case 4.2. Towing the boat -- Conflicting rules -- Types of rules -- Divine commands -- Case 4.3. The protective wife -- Laws -- Codes of ethics -- The golden rule -- Ubiquity -- Consistency -- Reciprocity -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- Deontology -- Case 5.1. The guilty client -- Advantages -- Shortcomings -- Case 5.2. Billy Budd -- What is duty? -- Genuine duty versus alleged, but false, duty -- Conflicts of duty -- Case 5.3. Sophie's choice -- Is acting from duty the only way to be morally good? -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- Virtue and responsibility: an Aristotelian approach -- Case 6.1. The hit and run son -- Theories of virtue -- Rawls's synthesis -- The feminist synthesis -- Case 6.2. The harassing legislator -- Aristotle on virtue -- Teleology -- Virtue, wisdom, and happiness -- Case 6.3. The tipsy judge -- Virtue and habit -- Ethics and morals -- Sin -- The good and the golden mean -- Cardinal virtues -- Integrity -- Responsibility -- Case 6.4. The double dipper -- Aristotle's view of responsibility -- Case 6.5. The coerced cop -- Existentialism's view of responsibility -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions. |
| Contents | Constitutional ethics -- Law -- Case 7.1. The abortion clinic -- Natural law theory -- Case 7.2. The supportive rookie -- Case 7.3. The pot-smoking grandmother -- Case 7.4. The abusive stepfather -- Legal positivism -- Legal realism -- Case 7.5. A speeder gets a break -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- Rights -- Case 8.1. The handcuffed candidate -- Freedoms and interests -- Inalienable rights versus conferred rights -- Positive rights versus negative rights -- Case 8.2. The warrant that wasn't -- Legal rights versus moral rights -- Case 8.3. "Coke can!" -- The multiple meanings of rights -- Challenges for criminal justice professionals -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- Religious ethics -- Case 10.1. The marriage counseling police officer -- Foundations -- History -- Case 10.2. Taking sides -- Case 10.3. Speech unbecoming -- Case 10.4. The beard -- Fundamental tenets -- Case 10.5. Lawful entry -- Moral theology -- Scripture -- Tradition -- Case 10.6. No women police officers, please -- Case 10.7. The sniffing dog experience -- Case 10.8. The religious police lieutenant -- Reason -- Case 10.9. The chaplain -- The morality of war -- Case 10.10. The reluctant sniper -- War and peace -- Pacifism -- Case 10.11. "NYC rabbi organizing armed patrols draws anger" -- Just war -- Holy war -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- The profession of criminal justice -- Professions and professional ethics -- Case 11.1. Far from home -- What is a profession? -- Profession: a traditional definition -- Profession: an alternative definition -- Case 11.2. When in Rome -- Profession: an ostensive definition -- Case 11.3. Only a buck -- Professional ethics -- Case 11.4. The maternal rookie -- Professional relationships -- Case 11.5 The neighborhood cop who discouraged pressing charges professional obligations: the basics -- Case 11.6. Florida hurricanes -- Professional ethics as a balancing act -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- Ethics in the legislature -- Case 12.1. The consistent candidate -- The legislator -- Significant service to the community -- Greater responsibilities and rights -- Case 12.2. The lawbreaking lawmaker -- Self-governance -- Autonomy -- Calling -- Money as means -- Extensive training -- Staff, lobbyists, PACs, and journalists -- Case 12.3. Quid pro quo -- Staff -- Lobbyists -- Political action committees -- Journalists -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions. |
| Contents | Ethics in law enforcement -- Case 13.1. Serpico -- Police -- Significant service to society -- Case 13.2. The funeral of Za Chue Xiong -- Greater rights and responsibilities -- Self-governance -- Case 13.3. The backup -- Autonomy -- A calling -- Money as means -- Extensive training -- Credentialing -- Corrections -- Case 13.4. Sheriff Joe and the abortions -- Ethics in corrections -- The ethics of parole and probation -- Case 13.5. The sex offender -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- Ethics in the courtroom -- Case 14.1. The Alford plea -- The adversarial system -- The judge -- Significant service to society -- Greater responsibilities and rights -- Self-governance and autonomy -- Calling and money as means -- Extensive training and credentialing -- Summary -- The lawyer -- Case 14.2. Malpractice -- Significant service -- Greater responsibilities and rights -- Self-governance and autonomy -- Calling and money as means -- Training and credentials -- Summary -- The jury -- Case 14.3. The activist juror -- Significant service -- Greater responsibilities and rights -- Summary -- The court reporter -- Significant service to the community -- Greater responsibilities -- Self-governance and autonomy -- Training and credentials -- Calling and money as means -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- Criminal justice ethics in the future -- Case 15.1. Seeing through walls -- Technology -- Demographics -- Case 15.2. Stem cell therapy: the near future -- Population growth -- International relations -- Media -- Influence -- Information overload -- Moral significance -- Engagement, education, and ethics -- The need for civic engagement -- The need for education -- Public sector ethics -- Summary -- Answers to case study questions -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2007052002 |
| ISBN | 9780073379999 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0073379999 (alk. paper) |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HV7419 .D74 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |