Reputable Conduct: Ethical Issues in Policing and Corrections

For courses in Criminology, Criminal Justice, Victimology, Special Topics in Policing, and Ethics.

This student-friendly and easy-to-read text provides the most challenging and engaging introduction to the study of ethical issues in policing and corrections available in the U.S. today. It looks at the peculiar ethical demands of these professions, with particular emphasis on sub-cultural constraints, and how loyalty to colleagues can sometimes cause a sacrifice of individuality. Recent findings and events, real-life ethical dilemmas, and the application of moral theories to the field of justice give students a lively and relevant approach to sometimes difficult, sensitive, and even controversial, material.

DR. JOHN JONES has worked for more than 30 years in the human development field, as minister, hospital chaplain, youth leader, correctional officer, high school teacher, probation officer and correctional institution administrator. During the last 17 years he has worked as an administrator and professor in the Law and Justice Centre at a Canadian college of applied arts and technology, where he has enjoyed teaching ethics to justice students.

John has also been active in training and consulting in the justice field. He has trained several thousand participants in Ethics in the Workplace, team Development with an Ethical Twist, and Hostage Survival Skills. He is considered to be a caring, compassionate, humorous and skilled facilitator, seminar leader and speaker.

John holds a joint Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and philosophy from the University of Wales, Cardiff; a Maser of Education degree from the University of Toronto (The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education); and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Toronto.

John has lived and worked in Britain, Jamaica, Australia and Canada. He is married with three children.

DAN CARLSON During the course of a law enforcement career that began in 1967, Dan Carlson worked for several years as a police patrolman and then a deputy sheriff before joining the New York State Police. After 21 years of full-time law enforcement service, he retired from the state police at the rank of Captain―Assistant Director of Training, and moved fully into the field of training and education. Dan managed a Regional Police Academy in the state of Texas, formed a private management consulting and training organization, and in 1992 was selected to guide the formation and development of the Center for Law Enforcement Ethics, the first organization of its kind in the United States.

Dan has presented ethics training programs for criminal justice organizations across the United States and Canada, and has been a regular guest speaker before law enforcement groups across North America. Widely published in the areas of ethics and management, Dan has authored more than two dozen articles for a range of professional journals. He graduated from the State University of New York, and was the 1985 recipient of the George Searle Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement Training. Dan has served on the ethics committees of both the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Dan and his wife, Bonnie, reside in Texas, only a short drive from their three children and three grandchildren.