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Chapter 1: The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice
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- The Definition of Integrity
Integrity is a difficult concept to define. In essence, it means being who you represent yourself to be. In this 5:11 clip, Sheriff Ray Nash presents a character based example from the Police Dynamics program.
- Ethics and Integrity in a Time of Crisis
This 12:31 clip from the National Sheriff's Association Conference in the winter of 2008, that discusses the importance of authority figures in positions that involve public trust and the trust that is lost when these official violate the ethics of their role.
Chapter 2: Ethics and the Police
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- The Highest Ideal of Law Enforcement
This 2:56 clip discusses the ideal law enforcement officer and the development of ethical behavior.
- Citizen Complaints
This 3:36 clip discusses how the law enforcement officer who is operating out from under authority will often lead the police department in citizen complaints. Whereas an officer that maintains his or her composure under pressure, on the other hand, demonstrates the type of character that builds public trust in our relationship with the citizens.
- Ethics, Value, and Conduct
This 11:49 clip takes viewers through a series of dramatic scenarios, and presents several situations regarding ethics, values and conduct that are relevant to all law enforcement officers. The questions that these situations raise are designed to stimulate classroom discussions.
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Chapter 3: Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System
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- The Professors – Death Penalty
In this 27:39:00 clip, the professors discuss what factors lead to the disparity between whites and minorities with regards to capital punishment and how those factors might be addressed without eliminating the death penalty.
- Detroit: Race Card Pulled by Juror Sets Riddle Free
A judge declared a mistrial in the federal corruption case against Detroit political consultant Sam Riddle after an impasse by jurors, who described deliberations as tinged with racial tension they blamed on a lone holdout.
- Feds Fault East Haven Police for Discrimination
In this 2:43 clip, the U.S. Justice Department investigation into the East Haven Police Department has found a pattern of discrimination against Latino residents in violation of their constitutional rights and federal law.
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Chapter 4: Lawyers and Ethics
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- Prosecutorial Ethics and the Right to a Fair Trial: The Role of the Brady Rule (Session 1)
In Brady v. Maryland (1963), the United States Supreme Court held that a defendant's due process rights preclude a prosecutor from suppressing material evidence favorable to the defendant. Since the Court's ruling, the Brady rule has shaped the boundaries of a defendant's right to a fair trial and defined the standards of justice in the criminal system. The Case Western Reserve Law Review Symposium explores the role of the Brady rule in various elements of a criminal case, including plea negotiations, scientific evidence and capital sentencing. Participants discuss the Brady rule's impact on prosecutorial ethics in the current justice system.
- New York Ethics: The Code of Judicial Conduct
The New York Rules of Judicial Conduct are designed to provide guidance to judges and candidates for elective judicial office, and to provide a structure for regulating conduct through disciplinary agencies. In this highly informative presentation, attorney Susan Settenbrino offers viewers a comprehensive overview of the New York Code of Judicial Conduct. Specifically, Ms. Settenbrino explores the misapplication of judicial independence, and explains how to show a pattern of misconduct and identify when a judge acts inappropriately or unlawfully. Ms. Settenbrino also reviews judges' disciplinary responsibilities and sheds light on disqualifications for judicial violations.
- Legal Ethics in an Age of Technology
Some of you are probably thinking, "Ethics? We're talking about Facebook and Twitter, here, right?" Well as you will see in this video, the more involved a legal professional gets in social media, the more likely it is that an ethical question might just fall into his or her lap.
Chapter 5: The Purpose of Criminal Punishment
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- Crime and Punishment…Tony Robinson
In a four-part series, Tony Robinson goes on a fascinating and sometimes bizarre journey to discover the origins of our laws and what we do to people when they break them. From trials by boiling water, through the decapitation of a king, to the emergence of our modern democracy, it is a journey that starts two thousand years ago and remains unfinished today.
- Restorative Justice in Victims Services
After her daughter was brutally murdered in 2003, Wendy Cohen turned to Restorative Justice for answers and peace.
Chapter 6: Ethics in Corrections
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- USA Reality – Jason Ng's Death, August 6th, 2008
This 10:02 clip is about a thirty-four-year-old Chinese computer engineer, Hiu Lui Ng, who overstayed his visa, and died in a Rhode Island immigration detention center. He had cancer in his liver, lung and bones, and a fractured spine. Despite repeated complaints of severe pain, Mr. Ng was refused independent medical evaluation by immigration officials. Before Mr. Ng died on August 6th, he told his sister that the nurses at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center in Rhode Island had told him to "stop faking" his illness. Jason Ng's story is the latest in a series of similar cases of neglect and abuse at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE.
- FFV Doc: The Stanford Prison Experiment
This 29:01 video explores the renowned Stanford Prison Experiment. The Stanford prison experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted from August 14th to 20th, 1971 by a team of researchers led by Psychology professor Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University. Twenty-four students were selected out of 75 to play the prisoners and live in a mock prison in the basement of the Stanford psychology building.
- Guards vs. Inmates
In this 3:52 clip, prison guards must stun inmates into submission in order to maintain control. Some argue that the force used is excessive.
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Chapter 7: The Ethics of Criminal Justice Policy Making
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- Connecticut Court Corruption- The Nowacki FOIA Case 4.11.11
This 1:25:15 video compiled by a citizen of Connecticut focuses on the March 18, 2011, case where the Connecticut Ethics Commission undertook investigation into Chief Family Judge Lynda Munro's alleged unlawful solicitation for "sponsorship" from members of the Connecticut Bar Association for mandated family court directed training for Guardian Ad Litem G.A.L.s held at Quinnipiac University.
- Financing California: California's Criminal Justice System
The criminal justice system accounts for 13% of California's budget. A panel of legal and public policy experts explores what drives those costs and if there are savings to be had.
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Chapter 8: Ethics and the "War on Terrorism"
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- Ethics – War and Terorrism
This clip offers a brief lesson on some of the ethical issues involved in terrorism and war.
- Ethics – Targeting Killing of Individuals
This lecture discusses the ethical and legal issues of targeted killing of individuals in the war on terrorism at the U.S. Naval War College.
- KATYN: Justice Delayed or Justice Denied?" - What Constitutes the Katyn Crime?
The Katyn massacre of 1940 involved murders at the Katyn forest and in other locations throughout the Soviet Union of over 22,000 Polish officers, prisoners of war, and members of the Polish leading elite, by a single shot to the back of each of their heads. For 50 years, this massacre was subject to a massive cover up. Initially the Soviet Union blamed the Nazis for the murders, saying that the killings took place in 1941 when the territory was in German hands. It was not until 1990 that the Russian government admitted that the executions actually took place in 1940 and were carried out by the Soviet secret police. In 1990, Russian prosecutors launched a criminal investigation into the massacre, but the case was terminated in 2004, its findings were classified as top secret, and it appeared that the tragedy would once again be subject to "historical amnesia."
Chapter 9: Media Ethics and Criminal Justice
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- Hamster Wheel – Crime and the Media
From The Chaser's new show that looks at news and the media on ABC TV: The Hamster Wheel. Chas Licciardello and Andrew Hansen examine how the current news media reports crime in an entertaining parody.
- Journalist Shield Law: will it pass?
University Minnesota media ethics and law professor Jane Kirtley explains why a federal shield law for journalists is a necessary part of democracy.
- Sexual Exploitation of Women is a Crime/Video
The American Psychological Association (APA) suggests that the proliferation of sexual images of girls and young women in the media is harming their self-image and development. An APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls examined research papers covering the effect of all kinds of media content including television, music videos, magazines, video games, the Internet, movies, and music lyrics. They also looked at the way products are sold and advertised to young girls. The report suggests that the volume of sexualized images has increased as more media content exists over a wider range of accessible technologies, leading to increased exposure and pressure on young girls. Attitudes of family members and friends can also increase the pressure.
Chapter 10: Duty and Principle
Chapter 11: Considering the Consequences
Chapter 12: The Importance of Character
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- Aristotle's Virtue Ethics (HD)
This short clip explains the ultimate aim and components of Aristotle's virtue ethics. Moral virtues are developed through practice; intellectual virtues are developed through instruction; and cardinal virtues are virtues that work together and cannot exist on their own.
- A Thought Experiment Regarding Virtue Ethics
It seems that the virtue ethicist cannot distinguish one world as worse than the other, this for me is problematic because I think it should seem obvious to most that world B is the better world. This is a thought experiment for students to consider.
- Virtue Ethics
This is a course presentation on Aristoelian or virtue ethics for an online ethics course. This discusses the components of ancient Greek ethics and virtue ethics and how people should act out of spontaneous goodness.
Chapter 13: Egoism, Pleasure, and Indifference
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- Egoism 1
In this video Dr. Richard Brown discusses the difference between psychological and ethical egoism. After that there are two different forms of ethical egoism: the "morality is for suckers" version championed by those like Ayn Rand, and the Social Contract version championed by those like Hobbes.
- Ethics: Hedonism - Aristippus and Epicurus S12
Hedonism means choosing the thing that pleasures the common good or intrinsic pleasure. This video discusses hedonism through Aristippus and Epicurus.
Chapter 14: A Sense of Justice
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- Rawls: Key Thinkers at the University of Sydney
John Rawls (1921-2002) has been hailed as one of the most important liberal political philosophers of our times. He is best known for his hugely influential book, A Theory of Justice (1971), which defended a vision of social justice in which individual rights and social equality were seemingly reconciled—something many consider to be impossible.
- Marlee Matlin, Actress – Voice on Social Justice
Each year, World Day for Social Justice draws global attention to efforts to eradicate poverty and promote social well-being, equality and full and decent employment. In 2010 this search for a "society for all" faces severe challenges brought on by the global economic and jobs crises, resurging poverty and long-term social uncertainty. Against this backdrop, the ILO has launched a year-long Voices on Social Justice Campaign to provide a global platform for perspectives on what social justice means today and how it might be achieved in the years to come.
- Andrea Neves and Barton Evans Social Justice Lecture Series - Jonathan Kozol: Shame of the Nation
Jonathan Kozol author of "Shame of the Nation; The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America" visits SSU for the Andrea Neves and Barton Evans Social Justice Lecture Series and explains his thoughts on social justice.
- The Injustice of Social Justice
Andrew Klavan and Bill Whittle discuss the injustice of social justice and how the connotation of justice is far from the concept of what “social” justice means. Rather it is how others bestow their conception of justice onto others, they argue that social justice is what people in power want it to mean and is not really justice at all.
Chapter 15: Caring for Others
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