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Criminal justice ethics : cultivating the moral imagination / Sharon Hayes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015Description: x, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138776975 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV7419
Contents:
1. Introduction Part I: Ethical Theory 2. What is Ethics? 3. Consequentialism 4. Non-consequentialism 5. Critical Thinking and Ethical Decision Making Part II: Ethics in Public Life 6. The Good Society 7. The Just Society 8. Balancing Law and Justice 9. Ethics, Law and Morality Part III: Ethics in the Criminal Justice System 10. Public Sector Ethics and Corruption 11. Regulating the Legal Profession 12. Ethics and Accountability in Law Enforcement 13. Ethics of Corrections and Punishment 14. Where to From Here?
Summary: It is essential for those employed within the justice system to be able to competently and confidently work at the borders between ethics and the law. Criminal Justice Ethics offers a fresh new approach to considering ethical issues in a criminal justice context. Rather than simply offering a range of ethical dilemmas specific to various justice professionals, it provides extensive discussion of how individuals develop their 'moral imaginations' using ethical perspectives and practices, both as citizens of the world and as practitioners of justice. --Publisher's description.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Harare Campus Library Open Shelf HV7419 HAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 149649 Available BK135640
Book Book Law Library Open Shelf HV7419 HAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 149651 Available BK135829
Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf HV7419 HAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 149650 Available BK135658

Includes an index

1. Introduction Part I: Ethical Theory 2. What is Ethics? 3. Consequentialism 4. Non-consequentialism 5. Critical Thinking and Ethical Decision Making Part II: Ethics in Public Life 6. The Good Society 7. The Just Society 8. Balancing Law and Justice 9. Ethics, Law and Morality Part III: Ethics in the Criminal Justice System 10. Public Sector Ethics and Corruption 11. Regulating the Legal Profession 12. Ethics and Accountability in Law Enforcement 13. Ethics of Corrections and Punishment 14. Where to From Here?

It is essential for those employed within the justice system to be able to competently and confidently work at the borders between ethics and the law. Criminal Justice Ethics offers a fresh new approach to considering ethical issues in a criminal justice context. Rather than simply offering a range of ethical dilemmas specific to various justice professionals, it provides extensive discussion of how individuals develop their 'moral imaginations' using ethical perspectives and practices, both as citizens of the world and as practitioners of justice. --Publisher's description.

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