Overview
Description
Legal, moral and social implications of issues including police discretion, deadly force, victimless crimes, surveillance, entrapment, plea bargaining, judicial discretion and other controversial issues.
Requirements
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Restrictions
Limited to criminal justice majors.; Junior or Senior standing; major in Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice (Pre-Law)
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- explain all of the major ethical systems.
- differentiate between the different types of justice and their ethical requirements.
- identify the different rationales for the creation and application of laws (i.e., Moralism, Paternalism, etc.).
- articulate how ethical principles are relevant to the operation of the criminal justice system (undercover operations, police investigations, use of force, etc.).