CJUS 293:Ethics in Criminal Justice

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture hours per week: 3
Lab hours per week: 0

This course describes the basic aspects of expected, ethical, and professional conduct within the criminal justice system which applies to all members of the law enforcement, corrections and the judiciary community. Central topics of discussion include, but are not limited to, morality, ethics and human behavior, police role in discretion, corruption, and misconduct in society, discretion and dilemmas in the legal profession, and the ethics of punishment and misconduct in corrections, and finally, making ethical choices.