Justice, Crime, and Ethics

Description: Covers policing, courts, and corrections, as well as terrorism, policymaking, and corporate conduct, allowing faculty to survey traditional and emerging sectors of the field. Delivers the coherence of an authored textbook with the richness of experts' contributions on topics like the ethics of capital punishment, CJ research, and police training programs. Engages students through a theoretical framework and real-life case studies of ethical dilemmas that test both personal and professional values. Contextualizes current controversies like police use of force or "enhanced" interrogation of terrorist suspects within modern social policies and ethical principles.