ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND DECISIONS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTE
Author(s): Joycelyn M. Pollock
Packed with current, real-world examples, ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND DECISIONS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE offers comprehensive, balanced, and practical coverage of ethics across all three arms of the criminal justice system: the police, the courts, and corrections. Readers not only find coverage of the philosophical principles and theories that are the very foundation of ethical decision-making, but also the latest challenges and issues in criminal justice--the war on terror, privatization, community corrections, the death penalty, the effect of the economic slowdown on the CJ system, the misuse of power/discretion by elected officials and/or other public servants, and much more. In addition, real-life cases and situations demonstrate the significance of ethics in today's world of criminal justice for those studying or contemplating a career in criminal justice. Available with InfoTracĀ® Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.
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- : wadsworths
- : Wadsworth
- : 0.839146
- : 02 December 2010
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- : Joycelyn M. Pollock
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 174/.3
- : 480