Ethics in criminal justice : in search of the truth / Sam S. Souryal.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Acquainting yourself with ethics -- Familiarizing yourself with ethics -- Understanding criminal justice ethics -- Meeting the masters -- The ambivalent reality -- Lying and deception in criminal justice -- Racial prejudice and racial discrimination -- Egoism and the abuse of authority -- Misguided loyalties -- Ethics of criminal justice today -- Ethics and police -- Ethics and corrections (prisons) -- Ethics of probation and parole -- The truth revealed civility : the mother of all virtues -- What can be done to restore ethics?

Introducing the fundamentals of ethical theory, this text exposes the reader to the ways and means of making moral judgments by covering the teachings of the great philosophers, sources of criminal justice ethics, and unethical patterns in the criminal justice system. It is presented from two perspectives: a thematic perspective that addresses ethical principles common to all components of the discipline, and an area-specific perspective that addresses the state of ethics in criminal justice in the fields of policing, corrections, and probation and parole. NEW THIS EDITION The fifth edition features a comprehensive study of civility and its major characteristics, which are the bloodline of ethical communities. A classical approach to the study of ethics in criminal justice Fifth Edition enhanced by new chapter on civility in criminal justice Challenges the reader to emphasize and restore ethics in their part of the criminal justice field "What you will learn from this chapter," key terms and definitions, and review questions included with each chapter.