Professional Ethics in Criminal Justice: Being Ethical When No One is Looking, 4th edition

Professional Ethics in Criminal Justice helps readers recognize ethical decisions and provides the framework for analyzing ethical dilemmas.

• The three major ethical schools of thought—virtue, formalism, and utilitarianism—are presented early, in a clear way to capture the philosophical underpinnings of modern ethics without overwhelming readers (see Chapters 2, 3, and 4). Students can then apply theories and understand their strengths and limitations in decision-making. 
• Ethical decision making and criminal justice decision making are integrated in a systematic way, illustrating the fundamental connection between ethics and criminal justice.
• The connections between law and ethics are clarified in several chapters. Crime prevention via internal mechanisms (ethical training) versus external mechanisms (law enforcement) are presented to highlight the fundamental importance of ethics in personal and social life.
• NEW: New current events content reflects the continuing role of ethics in contemporary criminal justice, including police, courts, corrections, and individual liability and responsibility in general.
• NEW: Learning Outcomes and orienting questions are presented at the beginning of each chapter to familiarize the reader with the focus of each chapter. 
• UPDATED: Key Concepts are now located at the start of each chapter, rather than at the end, to assist with student understanding, learning expectations, and comprehension of central ideas.
• UPDATED: Extensive Critical-thinking Exercises report on real-life situations and ask students to apply ethical decision-making principles to actual cases. Ten new critical-thinking exercises are included in this edition for a total of 60 in the book (each chapter contains six critical-thinking exercises).  
• Ethical Checkup exercises keep students engaged in chapter material and help them see the underlying ethical content in criminal justice decisions. 
• Ethics in the Movies and Ethics in Books features summarize recent film and literature to engage learners, raise ethical questions, and help students develop ethical-reasoning skills.
• NEW: Ten new diagrams and figures assist readers in connecting important ideas. These visual presentations summarize and further enhance the presentation of the material.

• New current events content reflects the continuing role of ethics in contemporary criminal justice, including police, courts, corrections, and individual liability and responsibility in general.
• Learning Outcomes and orienting questions are presented at the beginning of each chapter to familiarize the reader with the focus of each chapter. 
• Key Concepts are now located at the start of each chapter, rather than at the end, to assist with student understanding, learning expectations, and comprehension of central ideas.
• Extensive Critical-thinking Exercises report on real-life situations and ask students to apply ethical decision-making principles to actual cases. Ten new critical-thinking exercises are included in this edition for a total of 60 in the book (each chapter contains six critical-thinking exercises).  
• Ten new diagrams and figures assist readers in connecting important ideas. These visual presentations summarize and further enhance the presentation of the material.