| NCJ Number: |
193090  |
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| Title: |
Morality and the Law |
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| Editor(s): |
Roslyn Muraskin; Matthew Muraskin J.D. |
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| Date Published: |
2001 |
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| Page Count: |
168 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
Prentice Hall Publishing
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 |
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| Publication Number: |
ISBN 0-13-916958-X |
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| Sale Source: |
Prentice Hall Publishing
Criminal Justice and Police Training
1 Lake Street
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
United States of America |
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| Publisher: |
http://www.policetrainingstore.com |
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| Type: |
Overview Text |
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| Format: |
Book (Softbound) |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
This anthology of 13 chapters examines the role of morality and
codes of ethics in the various criminal justice professions and
some criminal justice policies.
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| Abstract: |
An overview of morality and the law notes the need of criminal
justice personnel to ensure that offenders, victims, and the
community at large are treated fairly and sensitively under the
requirements of the law. This is followed by a chapter that
counters challenges to the construction of standardized and
uniform codes of ethics and that proposes a strategy for
professional ethics that emphasizes both daily habits of virtuous
behavior toward others and an analytical approach to specific
complex ethical challenges. The third chapter distinguishes
between degrees and types of deviance labeled by a society as
"crime," "sin," and "poor taste," advising that "crimes" be
limited only to the most dangerous and severely disruptive
behaviors. Seven chapters address the particular ethical
responsibilities involved in the tasks of specific criminal
justice personnel, namely, the criminal defense attorney, the
criminal prosecutor, the judge, the police officer, probation and
parole officers, and correctional officers. Two chapters analyze
ethical issues associated with private vengeance by crime victims
and the use of the death penalty. Chapter references and a
subject index
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| Main Term(s): |
Criminology |
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| Index Term(s): |
Capital punishment; Code of ethics; Correctional Officers; Judicial conduct and ethics; Perjury; Police as witnesses; Police misconduct; Probation or parole officers; Probation or parole services; Professional conduct and ethics; Prosecutorial discretion; Prosecutors; Victims rights |
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| Note: |
For individual chapters, see NCJ-193091-101 |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=193090 |
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