courts, and correctional systems. Thus, this course is designed to begin preparing students in identifying and critically examining ethical issues in the criminal justice system by applying ethical decision models. This course also provides students with the unique opportunity to analyze how they would resolve these issues according to their own values and beliefs while staying within the boundaries of the law and professional codes of ethics.

Upon completion of this course, students will:

• Understand the meaning of ethics, morality, and ethical systems
• Evaluate the major theories about moral development and how such theories influence ethical choices.
• Explore the historical origins of justice and the different forms of justice.
• Understand the underlying paradigms of law and differences between legal and moral culpability.
• Familiarize with how law enforcement applies the law ideally and realistically and the moral dilemmas confronting law enforcement at all levels.
• Become familiar with the evolution of legal standards for those who practice law, including lawyers and judges, the ethical dilemmas they confront, and some alternative solutions about how such dilemmas can be avoided or resolved.
• Create appropriate responses to case study questions on types, and goals of punishment, and some of the ethical dilemmas that are created in correctional officer/offender relationships