Professional Ethics in Criminal Justice: Being Ethical When No One is Looking (3rd Edition) - Softcover

Albanese, Jay S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131375652 ISBN 13: 9780131375659

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

Synopsis

Every major issue, problem, scandal, and crime in the criminal justice field has ethics at its core. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS: BEING ETHICAL WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING, 3/e presents the three major ethical schools of thought (virtue, formalism, and utilitarianism) in a clear way that emphasizes how ethics impacts individual decision-making. Extensive critical-thinking exercises, Ethics in the Movies features and Ethics in Books features use popular events and media to raise ethical questions and help students develop ethical reasoning skills. Separate chapters are devoted to law, police, courts, corrections, and liability so students see the direct connection between ethics and specific aspects of the criminal justice system.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This text is a well-balanced survey of ethics presented through applications to the criminal justice system.

It presents the three major ethical schools of thought—virtue ethics, formalism, and utilitarianism—in a clear and cogent way so readers can apply them and understand their strengths and limitations. It also captures the philosophical underpinnings of modern ethics without overwhelming readers.

“Ethics Checkup” and “Critical Thinking” exercises in every chapter help readers apply concepts to the world around them.

About the Author:

Jay S. Albanese is professor in the Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. He served as chief of the International Center at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice. Dr. Albanese received his Ph.D. and M.A. degrees from Rutgers University and his B.A. from Niagara University. 
He was the first Ph.D. recipient from the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice. Dr. Albanese is author or editor of 18 books that include Organized Crime: From the Mob to Transnational Organized Crime (7th ed., Routledge, 2015), Criminal Justice (5th ed., Prentice Hall, 2013), Transnational Crime and the 21st Century(Oxford University Press, 2011), Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (with H. Dammer, 5th ed., Wadsworth, 2014), and editor-in-chief of The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Wiley, 2014). 
Dr. Albanese is recipient of the Elske Smith Distinguished Lecturer Award from Virginia Commonwealth University and the Scholar Award in Criminal Justice from the Virginia Social Science Association. He is a Fulbright Specialist and has served as executive director of the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, on the Executive Board of the American Society of Criminology, and is a past president and fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. <...

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0131375652
• ISBN 13: 9780131375659
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 192