Justice, Crime, and Ethics

Dr. Michael C. Braswell is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at East Tennessee State University. He has degrees from Mercer University, the University of West Georgia, the University of Georgia, and his PhD from the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Belinda R. McCarthy is Professor Emeritus of Counseling, Leadership, and Special Education at Missouri State University. Her PhD is in Criminal Justice from SUNY Albany. Dr. Bernard J. McCarthy is Professor Emeritus of Criminology at Missouri State University. He is also Director of the Center for Community and Social Issues, and Program Coordinator for the MSAS (Criminal Justice and Homeland Security).

SECTION I INTRODUCTION; 1. Ethics, Crime, and Justice: An Introductory Note to Students; 2. Utilitarian and Deontological Approaches to Criminal Justice Ethics; 3. Justice, Ethics, and Peacemaking; SECTION II ETHICAL ISSUES IN POLICING; 4. Learning Police Ethics: Sources Content, and Implications; 5. Using Ethical Dilemmas in Training Police; 6. Deception in Police Interrogations: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas; 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. Ethical Challenges for Prosecutors; 10. Balancing Harms: The Ethics and Purposes of Criminal Sentencing; 11. Punishment, Crime, and Ethics; 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 Ethics: Real-World Applications; 15. Prison Corruption; 16. Ethics and Prison: Selected Issues; SECTION V ETHICAL ISSUES IN CRIME CONTROL POLICY AND RESEARCH; 17. Crime and Justice Myths; 18. Juvenile Justice Ethical Issues: How Should We Treat Juveniles?; 19. Corporate Misconduct and Ethics; 20. Ethics and Criminal Justice Research; 21. Ethical issues in Confronting Terrorism; SECTION VI ETHICS AND THE FUTURE; 22. Criminal Justice: An Ethic for the Future