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Author(s): Scott H. Belshaw, Peter Johnstone, Lee DeBoer
Ethics in the Criminal Justice System explores ideas and information in and around ethical decision making as it pertains to criminal justice. As an edited volume, Ethics in the Criminal Justice System features contributing authors who have provided a varied and challenging palette of offerings from pure philosophy to common sense practical professional advice.
Author(s): Peter Johnstone
During the fourth century Roman emperor Constantine created laws exempting clergymen who committed a felony from having to answer for their actions before a secular court. This set about 1500 years of use and abuse of what became known as Benefit of Clergy. The unusual legal excuse traveled to England where by the middle of the thirteenth century men who were no more than church doormen or bishop’s messengers could avoid the executioner’s gallows and walk free after a brief appearance before the Christian court.
Author(s): J. Eric Coleman, Peter Johnstone
The tragedies that have occurred on college campuses across the nation have been increasing the last decade.
Taking this into consideration, Managing Campus Safety and Security in Higher Education provides a commentary from some of the leading campus public safety experts in hopes to promote a better understanding of the threats to campus security and how to stop them.
Author(s): Peter Johnstone
According to the National Law enforcement Officers Fund, there are more than 900,000 police officers in the United States.
Crime and Policing Crime covers four types of crime: assaults, missing persons, theft offences, and drug offences. It also covers the different types of police officers, such as municipal police, state law enforcement, and federal and international agencies.
