Ethics and criminal justice : an introduction /

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"This book examines 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, defense lawyers, judges, juries, and prison officers. John Kleinig s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kleinig, John, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Colección:Cambridge applied ethics.
Temas:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Moral and ethical aspects.
Criminal law > Moral and ethical aspects.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Moral and ethical aspects > Cases.
Criminal law > Moral and ethical aspects > Cases.
LAW > Ethics & Professional Responsibility.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Moral and ethical aspects
Criminal law > Moral and ethical aspects
Strafrecht > Ethik.
Ethik > Strafrecht.
Strafrechtspflege > Ethik > USA.
juridiction pénale.
USA > Strafrechtspflege > Ethik.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • pt. I. Criminalization
  • 1. Civil society : its institutions and major players
  • 2. Crime and the limits of criminalization
  • 3. Constraints on governmental agents
  • pt. II. Policing
  • 4. Tensions within the police role
  • 5. The burdens of discretion
  • 6. Coercion and deception
  • pt. III. Courts
  • 7. Prosecutors : seeking justice through truth?
  • 8. Defense lawyers : zealous advocacy?
  • 9. The impartial judge?
  • 10. Juries : the lamp of liberty?
  • pt. IV. Corrections
  • 11. Punishment and its alternatives
  • 12. Imprisonment and its alternatives
  • 13. The role of correctional officers
  • 14. Reentry and collateral consequences
  • Selected further reading
  • Index.

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