Ethics and criminal justice an introduction / [electronic resource] :
by John Kleinig.
- New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Cambridge applied ethics .
- Cambridge applied ethics. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Criminalization; Part II Policing; Part III Courts; Part IV Corrections; Selected further reading; Index
This textbook looks at the main ethical questions that confront the criminal justice system - legislature, law enforcement, courts, and corrections - and those who work within that system, especially police officers, prosecutors, defence lawyers, judges, juries, and prison officers. John Kleinig sets the issues in the context of a liberal democratic society and its ethical and legislative underpinnings, and illustrates them with a wide and international range of real-life case studies. Topics covered include discretion, capital punishment, terrorism, restorative justice, and re-entry. Kleinig's discussion is both philosophically acute and grounded in institutional realities, and will enable students to engage productively with the ethical questions which they encounter both now and in the future - whether as criminal justice professionals or as reflective citizens.