Discretion, Community, and Correctional Ethics eBook : Kleinig, John, Smith, Margaret Leland, Barr, Heather, Bomse, Audrey J., Brookes, Derek R., Clear, Todd R., Heffernan, William C., Henriques, Zelma Weston, Jacobson, Michael, Kipnis, Kenneth, Pittman, John P., Smith, Polly Ashton, Williams, Joseph V., Wright, Kevin N.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the ethical challenges faced by prison personnel, including officers, staff, and inmates.

The contributors explore whether it is possible to develop a professional ethic for prison personnel that can mediate relations among these groups and address the failures of imprisonment as an ethically-constrained institution.

The book offers practical and theoretical insights into the moral dilemmas faced by society, correctional personnel at all levels, and those who are sentenced under American criminal law today.

With topics ranging from a discussion of whether a workable correctional ethics is even possible to a consideration of moral issues involving gender and race, this book provides a thought-provoking and informative read for anyone interested in the field of criminal justice ethics.