Product Description

This text is designed to introduce students to ethical decision-making in the criminal justice system. Its greatest strengths are its balanced coverage of 1) all three segments of the CJ system-police, courts, and corrections-and 2) both philosophical principles/theories and hands-on criminal justice issues and applications.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17250 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-28
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 560 pages

Review
"The strengths in [this book] include the current issues associated with correctional professionals. The topics are on target and particularly in the areas within corrections and the community…I particularly appreciate the review of basic philosophy and where some of the values and morals were developed; however, you did not make this a philosophical class, but one of practicality."

"Pollock does a good job of making most of the topics clear. This is a great text for introductory courses in ethics…the overall structure and focus of the text is very good for this size and type."

"I selected the Pollock text because I felt that it provides excellent coverage of ethics for each of the components of the criminal justice system—the police, courts, and corrections, covers ethical perspectives very well, and raises important ethical issues in criminal justice. Pollock also does a careful job updating each new edition. The major reason for choosing this book…is its coverage of the material."

About the Author
Dr. Joycelyn Pollock has been a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Texas State University-San Marcos (formerly Southwest Texas State University) since 1993. She received a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Albany and a J.D. from the University of Houston. She has been a probation and parole officer in the state of Washington and a program review specialist for the New York Department of Correctional Services. Dr. Pollock received a Fulbright teaching fellowship in 1998 and taught law and criminology at the University of Turku, Finland. She has conducted training for criminal justice professionals in the areas of criminology, sexual harassment and ethics. Her published works include: Prisons: Today and Tomorrow (Jones and Bartlett), Women, Prison and Crime, 2d ed. (Wadsworth), Prisons and Prison Life: Costs and Consequences (Roxbury), Criminal Women (Anderson), Exploring Corrections (with John Whitehead and Michael Braswell), Women, Law and Social Control (with Alida Merlo), and Morality Tales (with Michael Braswell and Scott Braswell).

Customer Reviews

Should have specified book was torn-not used
The book was classified as used but did not specifically say on the condition of the book being torn. The book was in really bad condition.

Book
I used this book for my crimnal justice ethics course and I did not find it to be very useful. The only purpose this book served was for my quizes I took through the course, otherwise the rest of the material was from my professor. Even my professor didn't care for this book very much either.