This page will provide you with some tips and tricks to make your research a breeze! If you still can't find what you need, please don't hesitate to contact the library! You can find our contact information and more on the Get Help page.
To get you started, here are some general search strategies:
Keyword Strategies
Use these keywords in a general search in any one of our recommended databases or inside DragonQuest:
- Legal
- Ethical
- Ethical models
- Civil liability
- Ethical/moral code
- Criminal justice system
- Criminal justice professional
Subject Strategies
Searching for results by subject heading, rather than by keywords, can help you focus your search in new directions. Consider these subject search options:
- Ethical dilemma
- Justice ethics
- Justice system inequality
- Criminal law
- Criminal justice ethics
- Workplace justice
The following image shows you how to change your search to a subject search by using the dropdown menu inside DragonQuest:
Research Starters
Need some extra guidance? Try a Research Starter:
What is a Research Starter?
Research Starters are encyclopedia entries, so they are more of an "idea gathering" mechanism than a scholarly source to support your stance on an issue. They provide you with background information on a broad topic and highlight keywords you can use and/or links to source material to get you started on your research.
Narrowing DragonQuest Search Results
If you'd like to know how to narrow down your DragonQuest list to only full text, peer reviewed, or specific types of resources, we recommend the following tutorial:
DragonQuest Advanced SearchingAdvanced search tab of the DragonQuest tutorial which discusses methods for focusing a search to a more specific type of item.
Recommended Reading
Looking for an eBook on topics related to this course? We recommend the following:
Ethical Issues in Policing by Seumas Miller; John BlacklerISBN: 9780754622444
Publication Date: 2005-04-05
Police Studies constitute an important area of academic inquiry and policing raises a large number of ethical questions, yet to date there has been a paucity of research on the subject. This significant volume provides an integrated mix of ethico-philosophical analysis combined with practitioner knowledge and experience to examine and address the large number of difficult ethical questions involved in modern-day policing. Key features: ¢ Outlines a distinctive philosophical theory of policing which promotes the human rights dimension of police work. ¢ Analyzes the phenomenon of noble cause corruption and ways to combat it. ¢ Examines the role of restorative justice. ¢ Discusses the related notions of police authority and police discretion. ¢ Assesses the use of coercive and deadly force. ¢ Provides a detailed discussion of recent issues such as privacy and confidentiality in the context of new communication and information technologies, and entrapment. Philosophical in approach and written in an accessible style, the book will be a valuable guide for all those with an interest or involvement in Police Studies, Criminology, Philosophy and Ethics.
Ethics and Accountability in Criminal Justice by Tim PrenzlerISBN: 9781921513268
Publication Date: 2009-07-01
""Unique in the criminology literature. Well written, and accessible to a wide range of readers."" - Professor Jenny Fleming, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies ""Presents a series of policy recommendations that are potentially controversial but practical and progressive."" Professor Rick Sarre, University of South Australia This book is designed to meet head on the urgent need for academics, advocates and policymakers to develop universal ethical standards in criminal justice practice. By using quality research and policy analysis focusing on the core components of the criminal justice system - police, courts and corrections- Professor Prenzler formulates a basic checklist that can be used to assess the ethical quality and accountability of the criminal justice system in any jurisdiction.
Ethics and Criminal Justice by John KleinigISBN: 9780521864206
Publication Date: 2008-03-13
This textbook looks at the main ethical questions that confront the criminal justice system - legislature, law enforcement, courts, and corrections - and those who work within that system, especially police officers, prosecutors, defence lawyers, judges, juries, and prison officers. John Kleinig sets the issues in the context of a liberal democratic society and its ethical and legislative underpinnings, and illustrates them with a wide and international range of real-life case studies. Topics covered include discretion, capital punishment, terrorism, restorative justice, and re-entry. Kleinig's discussion is both philosophically acute and grounded in institutional realities, and will enable students to engage productively with the ethical questions which they encounter both now and in the future - whether as criminal justice professionals or as reflective citizens.
Rights and wrongs : rethinking the foundations of criminal justice / William C. Heffernan. by William C. HeffernanISBN: 9783030127824
Publication Date: 2019
Summary: This book seeks to explain why the concept of justice is critical to the study of criminal justice. Heffernan makes such a case by treating state-sponsored punishment as the defining feature of criminal justice. In particular, this work accounts for the state's role as a surrogate for victims of wrongdoing--and so makes it possible to integrate victimology scholarship into its justice-based framework. In arguing that punishment may be imposed only for wrongdoing, the book proposes a criterion for repudiating the legal paternalism that informs drug-possession laws. 'Rethinking the Foundations of Criminal Justice' outlines steps for taming the state's power to punish offenders; in particular, it draws on restorative justice research to outline possibilities for a penology that emphasizes offenders' humanity. Through its examination of equality issues, the book integrates recent work on the social justice/criminal justice connection into the scholarly literature on punishment, and so will particularly appeal to those interested in criminal justice theory. -- Provided by publisher.
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