Criminal Justice Ethics articles from January 2004

Criminal Justice Ethics archives from January 2004

Leading by example? U.S. interrogation of prisoners in the war on terror.(COMMENTARY)
January 1, 2004... When "trophy photos" taken by soldiers involved in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison--one of the most notorious under Saddam Hussein's regime--were made public in late April 2004, the Pentagon had already completed two...

Police performance measurement: a normative framework.
January 1, 2004... I Introduction Citizens have long wanted a reliable measure of police performance. They want to know whether the police are producing something that is valuable with the assets entrusted to them. They want to be able to hold the...

Is there a "right" to self-defense?
January 1, 2004... The use of defensive force, even deadly force, in protection of self or others (hereinafter "self-defense") is a paradigm of moral and legal permissibility. However, just why this is so has turned out to be quite a puzzle; indeed, there is...

Police gratuities.(EXCHANGE)
January 1, 2004... Introduction In 1988 Criminal Justice Ethics published Richard Kania's provocative paper "Should We Tell the Police to Say 'Yes' to Gratuities?" (1) An ex-law enforcement officer and now criminal justice professor, Kania swam against the...

When police should say "no!" to gratuities.(EXCHANGE)
January 1, 2004... The law enforcement officer, representing government, bears the heavy responsibility of maintaining, in his own conduct, the honor and integrity of all government institutions. He shall, therefore, guard against placing himself in a position in...

At what price a "freebie"? The real cost of police gratuities.(EXCHANGE)
January 1, 2004... I Introduction Criminal justice has long struggled for acceptance and legitimacy in the larger academic community. Conceived in the bosom of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), criminal justice is still striving to break...

The ethical acceptability of gratuities: still saying "yes" after all these years.(EXCHANGE)(Critical Essay)
January 1, 2004... It is flattering to be invited to respond to critics of my previous work in Criminal Justice Ethics, (1) and it would be even more flattering were those critics not so critical, or were my work truly original. The position I have taken with...

Police, gratuities, and professionalism: a response to Kania.(Richard Kania)(Critical Essay)
January 1, 2004... In beginning this brief response, it is important to note the many similarities my position has with Richard Kania's. Kania believes that police should accept some gratuities, that the mere acceptance of gratuities does not make a police...

Blinded by the lights and seduced by the sirens' song.(EXCHANGE)
January 1, 2004... I am grateful to the editor for allowing this brief response. Richard Kania correctly reports that he raised the question of textbook publishers giving "freebies" at academic conferences. All who attend academic meetings know that textbook...

Searching for a better understanding of race and ethnic differences in violent crime.(Violent Crime: Assessing Race and Ethnic Differences)(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... Darnell F. Hawkins (ed.), Violent Crime: Assessing Race and Ethnic Differences Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 448. Racial and ethnic differences in violence and other forms of criminal behavior have been the subject of...

Publications received.
January 1, 2004... Mark E. Bannon, A Quick Reference Guide to Contemporary Criminal Procedure for Law Enforcement Officers. (Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas Publisher, Ltd, 2003) xix + 154 pp. Hugo Bedau & Paul Cassell, eds., Debating the Death Penalty:...