PHIL 3260 - Ethics and Criminal Justice

Institution:

Pennsylvania Western University

Subject:

Philosophy

Description:

This course briefly surveys ethical theory along with a detailed focus on ethical issues within the criminal justice profession. Topics include deontological, consequential, and virtue theories in ethics, theoretical conceptions of retributive justice, and professional codes of ethics in policing, the law, corrections, and probation.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pennwest.edu/

Phone Number:

(724) 938-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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