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Ethics and criminal justice : an introduction / / John Kleinig [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Kleinig John <1942-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ethics and criminal justice : an introduction / / John Kleinig [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 283 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 174.3
Soggetto topico: Criminal justice, Administration of - Moral and ethical aspects
Criminal law - Moral and ethical aspects
Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: This textbook looks at 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, defence lawyers, judges, juries, and prison officers. John Kleinig sets the issues in the context of a liberal democratic society and its ethical and legislative underpinnings, and illustrates them with a wide and international range of real-life case studies. Topics covered include discretion, capital punishment, terrorism, restorative justice, and re-entry. Kleinig's discussion is both philosophically acute and grounded in institutional realities, and will enable students to engage productively with the ethical questions which they encounter both now and in the future - whether as criminal justice professionals or as reflective citizens.
Altri titoli varianti: Ethics & Criminal Justice
Titolo autorizzato: Ethics and criminal justice  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-107-17841-X
1-282-39007-4
0-511-64550-3
9786612390074
0-511-80615-9
0-511-64959-2
0-511-38412-2
0-511-57316-2
0-511-38595-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454732303321
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Serie: Cambridge applied ethics.