Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice

by Joycelyn M. Pollock

This text is designed to introduce students to ethical decision-making in the criminal justice system. Its greatest strengths are its balanced coverage of 1) all three segments of the CJ system-police, courts, and corrections-and 2) both philosophical principles/theories and hands-on criminal justice issues and applications.

Genres: Textbooks, School

537 pages, Paperback

Published April 28, 2006

Reviews

[☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ ѕℓιм ☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually had to read this book for my criminal justice ethics class, it was actually a helpful and interesting book. It gives you the information that you need about "criminal justice" and "ethics" in the field of the law.

[Katherine]

For my criminal justice ethics class.

[S · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was interesting but dry at the same time. I am glad I am done with this book.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

A basic and dry exploration into the ethical dilemmas faced by those in law enforcement. I'm sure some of these more economic violations occur today, but a much better use of time would be spent discussing the corruption of the noble cause as presented in his book by Michael Caldero.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad for an introductory textbook on ethical dilemmas. There was nothing that made this stand apart or even stand out. There was obvious bias in the book, but that tends to happen a lot. It ended on correctional system but that was the most boring part for me.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book for a class I took.

[Kelley]

So glad to be done with this book. This class is not a good fit for how my mind works. I like right and wrong answers, absolutes. Gray issues make me twitch. LOL