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CRJ 101 - Ethics in Criminal Justice

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Open
Examines the ethical considerations facing the criminal justice practitioner. Includes determining moral behavior; developing ethical behavior in areas of policing, courts, and corrections; analyzing ethics in policy or management issues; and professionalism in ethical decision-making.
Competencies
  1. Examine values held by criminal justice professionals
    1. List values important on personal and occupational levels
    2. Show implications of values held by criminal justice professionals
  2. Compare morality and ethics in the context of use by criminal justice professionals
    1. Summarize key features of morality
    2. State the important aspects of ethics
  3. Distinguish between justice and legal principles
    1. Define themes in justice
    2. Relate the role of law
  4. Assess real and hypothetical ethical dilemmas faced by professionals in the criminal justice system
    1. Recall the major ethical systems
    2. Describe ethical decision-making steps
  5. Construct arguments related to ethical issues
    1. Identify current problems relating to ethical behavior in the criminal justice system
    2. Illustrate methods to resolve the ethical issue or behaviors
  6. Appraise current developments regarding moral and ethical issues in criminal justice
    1. Explain theories of moral development or moral reasoning
    2. Apply a method to resolve ethical dilemmas

Competencies Revised Date: 2020



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