Justice, Crime, and Ethics

Justice, Crime, and Ethics, a leading textbook in criminal justice programs, examines ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice and professional activities in the field. This tenth edition continues to deliver a broad scope of topics, focusing on law enforcement, legal practice, sentencing, corrections, research, crime control policy, and philosophical issues. The book's robust coverage encompasses contentious issues such as capital punishment, prison corruption, and the use of deception in police interrogation.The tenth edition includes new material in a number of chapters including Learning Police Ethics, Using Ethical Dilemmas in Training Police, Prison Corruption, Crime and Justice Myths, Corporate Misconduct and Ethics, Ethics and Criminal Justice Research, and Ethical Issues in Confronting Terrorism. The use of Case Studies, Ethical Dilemmas, and Policy and Ethics boxes continues throughout the textbook. A new feature for this edition is the inclusion of International Perspective boxes in a number of relevant chapters.Students of criminal justice, as well as instructors and professionals in the field, continue to rely on this thorough, dependable resource on ethical decision making in the criminal justice system.