For courses in criminology, criminal justice and justice studies that explore the moral and ethical dimensions of the discipline.

Taking an integrative approach, Ethics, Crime, and Criminal Justice, 1st Edition, offers an introduction to the convergence of ethics and morality with issues of crime, law, and justice. Placing an emphasis on the concepts, principles and theories that comprise ethical thought, the book demonstrates how these concepts can be used to examine ethical issues within the field. Critical thinking and reasoning skills are central to the text, as is its discussion of metaethics and moral psychology. Case studies and illustrations provide practical examples, while sound coverage of theory emphasizes how the ethics field can inform our understanding of moral issues in criminal justice.

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For courses in criminology, criminal justice and justice studies that explore the moral and ethical dimensions of the discipline.

Taking an integrative approach, Ethics, Crime, and Criminal Justice, 1st Edition, offers an introduction to the convergence of ethics and morality with issues of crime, law, and justice. Placing an emphasis on the concepts, principles and theories that comprise ethical thought, the book demonstrates how these concepts can be used to examine ethical issues within the field. Critical thinking and reasoning skills are central to the text, as is its discussion of metaethics and moral psychology. Case studies and illustrations provide practical examples, while sound coverage of theory emphasizes how the ethics field can inform our understanding of moral issues in criminal justice.

A comprehensive overview of ethical concepts, principles, and theories-makesthis text unique.

• Devotes more chapters and coverage to prominent ethical theories, principles, and perspectives than competing texts.
• Discusses the concepts that represent ethical thought and how they can inform our understanding of moral issues in criminal justice and guide our thoughts, choices, conduct and decisions.   

An integrative approach-adds a unique structure to the text.

• Integrates criminal justice issues, conflicts, and dilemmas into the substantive conceptual chapters in the text.
• Links issues in law, crime and justice to the broader study of ethics and morality and shows how sound reflection and reasoned decisions can resolve ethical dilemmas in the field. 

Critical thinking and reasoning skills-are emphasized and reinforced throughout the text.

• Includes critical thinking boxes and a capstone chapter that encourage students to develop reasoning skills.
• Equips readers with critical thinking tools that can be used repeatedly with moral and ethical concerns that arise within the field.  

Metaethics and moral psychology-is explored in Part Two of the text.

• Discusses how concepts such as free will and determinism, relativism, self-interest, moral motivation and development are critical to understanding issues and controversies in criminal justice such as lawmaking, criminal punishment, and unethical professional behavior. 

Illustrations, examples and counterexamples-appear throughout the text.

• Clarify concepts, ideas, and applications for the reader. 

Ethics in Action boxes-appear throughout the text.

• Demonstrate the application of ethical concepts and principles to "real life" issues and scenarios.

Case studies-appear throughout the text.

• Highlight people and events from the world of crime, law and justice and add realism to the prose.

 Ethics, Crime, and Criminal Justice is a clearly written and theoretically sophisticated introduction to ethical thinking for people interested in crime and criminal justice.  Its hallmark is comprehensiveness and integration:  Ethics is presented in rich detail covering basic approaches, central principles, and skills of critical thinking about moral problems.  Criminal justice is considered across its whole breadth from lawmaking to enforcement and punishment.  And the discussions of both-ethics and criminal justice-are fully integrated, so that theoretical discussions are interwoven with real-world examples and problems; and the profound moral challenges of criminal justice-for citizens generally and for criminal justice practitioners in particular-are always in view.   This is one of those rare books that will be equally at home in courses on moral philosophy and in courses on law, criminology, and criminal justice policy.

- Jeffrey Reiman American Univeristy

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