Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics’ Resource Library

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Carter II, J.W. (2010), "Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics’ Resource Library", Policing: An International Journal, Vol. 33 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm.2010.18133dag.001

Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics’ Resource Library

Article Type: Policing on the web From: Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, Volume 33, Issue 4

Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics’ Resource Library

The John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a part of the City University of New York, is home to the Institute of Criminal Justice Ethics. According to its web site (www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/cje/html/ institute.html), the Institute of Criminal Justice Ethics was created to “foster greater concern for ethical issues among practitioners and scholars in the criminal justice field” and membership in the Institution is open to college and university faculty and students, instructors in police academies, practitioners in criminal justice agencies, judges and lawyers, and interested laypersons.

The Institute of Criminal Justice Ethics pursues its mission in a variety of ways, such as by conducting conferences focusing on ethical issues and by conducting ethical training for police officers and criminal justice professionals, and by maintaining a resource library of all things ethics related. The remainder of this review focuses on the Institute’s resource library, which is available via the Institute’s web site.

The resource library of the Institute of Criminal Justice Ethics offers several helpful features for criminal justice practitioners, administrators and educators. For example, the resource library features links to several associations and institutes focusing on applied and professional ethics, such as the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics at Indiana University-Bloomington; University of California-Fullerton’s online collection of ethics resources on the internet; and, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. The Institute’s resource library also offers access to articles focusing on ethics related to everything from DNA laboratory practices and general forensic science issues to ethical issues related to every branch of the criminal justice system (prosecutorial and legal issues, judicial issues and jury issues, and issues of correctional ethics). Finally, the resource library offers links to the mission statements from police departments across the country, as well as, from agencies around the globe (e.g. Jordan, New Zealand, Brunei, and Sweden).

Whether one is a practitioner or educator, the resource library of Institute of Criminal Justice Ethics is a worthwhile stop on the information superhighway of the internet.

J.W. Carter IICollege of Mount St Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA