Dimensions of Justice: Ethical Issues in the Administration of Criminal Law

By William C. Heffernan

An Innovative Text That Challenges Students to Think Critically About the Criminal Justice System Criminal justice is centrally concerned with what people deserve--with the rights a defendant can properly claim when charged with a crime, with the punishment a judge should impose for wrongdoing, and with the scope of discretion officials may exercise when enforcing the law. Dimensions of Justice: Ethical Issues in the Administration of Criminal Law is the only textbook of its kind that addresses these questions of justice from an institutional perspective. Thought-provoking features, including Thought Experiments boxes that present imagined scenarios to illustrate the principles under discussion and Justice in Context boxes that consider the real-life applications of concepts, along with clearly presented learning objectives, create a strong foundation in key concepts, pertinent vocabulary, and critical-thinking and reasoning skills. Readers are introduced to moral reasoning and the underpinnings of philosophical approaches to justice, including readings from critical philosophers such as Aristotle, Augustine, Locke, Kant, and Rawls. Accessible but rigorous, Dimensions of Justice: Ethical Issues in the Administration of Criminal Law provides a unique and innovative approach that challenges students to develop a new analytical framework for thinking about the criminal justice system. Preview Sample Content Today Find chapter 1 and the preface under the Sample Materials tab. Provides a groundbreaking approach to institutional perspectives on criminal justice Includes coverage of contemporary ethical issues, including human rights, a chapter devoted exclusively to restorative justice, an extended discussion of transitional justice, debates about decriminalization, and an analysis of the death penalty from the standpoint of justice reasoning Contains a section dedicated to discussing the connection between justice and international criminal justice, a relatively new field of study Features Thought Experiments and Justice in Context sections that push students to contextualize key concepts and develop analytical skills Includes clearly defined learning objectives for each chapter and an extensive glossary that introduce students to the concepts essential for talking about justice Instructor resources include Lecture Outlines in PowerPoint format and a Test Bank Appropriate for Criminological Theory, Justice Studies, and Ethics in Criminal Justice courses in a Criminal Justice dept. This text is also supplemental to theory courses, senior seminars and special topics courses dealing with justice issues. (c) 2015 346 pages

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1449634052
• ISBN13: 9781449634056
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 10.5"