ADJ 225 - Ethics in Criminal Justice

Institution:

Delaware County Community College

Subject:

Administration Of Justice

Description:

This course is designed to examine the professional standards of conduct and the acceptable forms of behavior within organizations in the criminal justice system. Issues concerning corruptions, perjury, false reporting, accepting of gratuities, excessive force and the code of silence will be examined. Personal and organizational integrity will be emphasized in this course. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Define codes of conduct based on law; Identify personal beliefs as a source of conduct; Define social customs and its role in behavioral constraint; Identify philosophical-logical systems that define ethics; Organize a systematic way of clarifying ethical decisions; Understand the role of professional codes of ethics; Identify professional issues within the context of ethics.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

ADJ 241

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.dccc.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 359-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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