Ethics and criminal justice [electronic resource] : an introduction / by John Kleinig.

By:

Kleinig, John, 1942-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge applied ethicsPublication details: New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (295 p.)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1282390074
0511645503
9786612390074
0511806159
0511649592
0511384122
0511573162
0511385951

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:

172.2 174.3

LOC classification:

HV7419 .K54 2008

Online resources:

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Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
e-book	KNCHR Library SharePoint	Non-Fiction	HV7419 .K54 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available

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Includes bibliographical references and 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.

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