CCJS315

Introduces the study of ethics and ethical decision making as it is applied to the criminal justice system. Students will be introduced to consequential philosophers and their work, and will discuss those theories in terms of how decision making is applied in policing, courts, corrections, the juvenile system, victim services, and the medical system. There will be a special discussion of how ethical decision making intersects with racism, classism, and sexism in criminal justice. Students will be able to assess the intersections of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and class and the way those identities impact ethical decision making of acts.