Bail System
[pic] |Course Syllabus
Axia College/College of Criminal Justice and
Security
Ethics and the Administration of Justice | |
Course Description
ADJ 235 presents the ethical standards, roles, and responsibilities of criminal justice professionals and examines potential profession-specific ethical dilemmas. Ethical theories are applied to real and hypothetical scenarios in the justice system.
Policies
Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents:
• University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum.
University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality.
Course Materials
Pollock, J. M. (2004). Ethics in crime and justice: Dilemmas and decisions (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
All electronic materials are available on the student website.
|Week One: Morality, Ethics, and Retributive Justice |
| |Details |Due |Points |
|Objectives |Differentiate between moral culpability and legal culpability. | | |
| |Explain the difficulties of determining culpability. | | |
| |Debate the relationship between morality and law.
Axia College/College of Criminal Justice and
Security
Ethics and the Administration of Justice | |
Course Description
ADJ 235 presents the ethical standards, roles, and responsibilities of criminal justice professionals and examines potential profession-specific ethical dilemmas. Ethical theories are applied to real and hypothetical scenarios in the justice system.
Policies
Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents:
• University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum.
University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality.
Course Materials
Pollock, J. M. (2004). Ethics in crime and justice: Dilemmas and decisions (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
All electronic materials are available on the student website.
|Week One: Morality, Ethics, and Retributive Justice |
| |Details |Due |Points |
|Objectives |Differentiate between moral culpability and legal culpability. | | |
| |Explain the difficulties of determining culpability. | | |
| |Debate the relationship between morality and law.