Braswell, Michael C. : East Tennesee State University
Michael C. Braswell, Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at East Tennessee State
University. Braswell received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi. In
addition to his academic position, Braswell has also served as a correctional psychologist, a marital/family therapist
and a consultant to a variety of law enforcement and corrections organizations. Braswell�s writing and research
has focused on ethics, correctional treatment and peacemaking. His books include: American Criminal Justice:
An Introduction (by Bartollas and Braswell), Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation (by Van Voorhis,
Braswell and Lester), Inner Corrections: Finding Peace and Peacemaking (by Lozoff and Braswell) and Human
Relations in Corrections (by Braswell, Miller and Fletcher).
McCarthy, Belinda R. : University of Central Florida
Belinda R. McCarthy, Professor of Criminal Justice and Dean of the College of Health and Public Affairs at the
University of Central Florida. McCarthy received her Ph.D. from the School of Criminal Justice at the State University
of New York at Albany. Her research and writing have focused on such topics as prison furloughs, older offenders
and AIDS education for juvenile offenders. McCarthy is the editor or author of several books, author or co-author
of numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, and a frequent presenter at various professional conferences.
Her books include: Intermediate Punishments: Intensive Supervision, Home Confinement and Electronic Surveillance;
Older Offenders: Perspectives in Criminology and Criminal Justice; and Easy Time: Female Inmates on Temporary
Release.
McCarthy, Bernard J. : University of Central Florida
Bernard J. McCarthy, Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies at the University
of Central Florida. McCarthy received his Ph.D. from the School of Criminology, Florida State University. His teaching
areas include ethics, community corrections, criminal justice policy analysis and terrorism. His present research
includes an assessment of the impact of jail programs on offender behavior and an evaluation of Drug Courts in
Central Florida.
Summary
The articles in this anthology examine ethical dilemmas pertaining to the administration of criminal justice
and professional activities in the field. Comprehensive coverage is achieved through focus on law enforcement,
legal practice, sentencing, corrections, research, crime control policy and philosophical issues. Overviews tie
the materials to a thematic structure.
Table of Contents
Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Ethics, Crime, and Justice: An Introductory Note to Students
Michael C. Braswell
Chapter 2: Utilitarian and Deontological Approaches to Criminal Justice Ethics
Jeffrey Gold
Chapter 3: Peacemaking, Justice, and Ethics
Michael C. Braswell & Jeffrey Gold
Section II: Ethical Issues in Policing
Chapter 4: Learning Police Ethics
Lawrence Sherman
Chapter 5 : Do Cops Really Need a Code of Ethics?
Michael Davis
Chapter 6: Police Lies and Perjury: A Motivation-Based Taxonomy
Thomas Barker & David L. Carter
Chapter 7: The Ethics of Deceptive Interrogation
Jerome H. Skolnick & Richard A. Leo
Chapter 8: Ethical Dilemmas in Police Work
Joycelyn Pollock & Ronald Becker
Section III: Ethics and the Courts
THE PRACTICE OF LAW
Chapter 9: Pure Legal Advocates and Moral Agents: Two Concepts of a Lawyer in an Adversary System
Elliot D. Cohen
Chapter 10: Why Prosecutors Misbehave
Bennett L. Gershman
Chapter 11: The Lawyer as Liar
H. Richard Uviller
SENTENCING
Chapter 12: Criminal Sentencing: Honesty, Prediction, Discrimination and Ethics
Lawrence F. Travis III
Chapter 13: Myth that Punishment Can Fit the Crime
Harold E. Pepinsky & Paul Jesilow
Chapter 14: A Life for a Life? Opinion and Debate
Robert Johnson
A Life for a Life? Reply
Ernest van den Haag
Section IV: Ethical Issues in Corrections
Chapter 15: Keeping an Eye on the Keeper: Prison Corruption and its Control
Bernard J. McCarthy
Chapter 16: Ethical Issues in Probation, Parole and Community Corrections
John T. Whitehead
Chapter 17: Ethics and Prison: Selected Issues
John T. Whitehead
Section V: Ethical Issues in Crime Control Policy and Research
Chapter 18: Crime, Criminals and Crime Control Policy Myths
Robert M. Bohm
Chapter 19: Responsible Corporations and Regulatory Agencies
Frank Pearce
Chapter 20: The Ford Pinto Case and Beyond: Assessing Blame
Francis T. Cullen, William J. Maakestad & Gray Cavender
Chapter 21: Ethics in Public Service: Higher Standards and Double Standards
Edwin Delattre
Chapter 22: Ethics and Criminal Justice Research
Belinda R. McCarthy
Section VI: Ethics and the Future
Chapter 23: Criminal Justice: An Ethic for the Future
Michael C. Braswell
