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5.8 Socrates and Plato (427–347 BCE)
5.9 Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
5.10 Summation of the Greeks
5.11 Epicurus (c. 342–270 BCE)
5.13 Neoplatonism (c. 204–270)
5.15 René Descartes (1596–1650)
5.16 Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)
5.17 Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677)
5.18 John Locke (1632–1704)
5.19 David Hume (1711–1776)
5.20 Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
5.21 Adam Smith (1723–1790)
5.22 Immanuel Kant (1724–1804)
5.23 Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832)
5.24 Georg W. F. Hegel (1770–1831)
5.25 Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860)
5.26 Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) and Henry David Thoreau (1811–1896)
5.27 Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855)
5.28 Karl Marx (1818–1883)
5.29 John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)
5.30 Henry Sidgwick (1838 –1900)
5.31 Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
5.32 G. E. Moore (1873–1958)
5.33 Max Weber (1864–1920)
5.34 William James (1842–1910)
5.35 George Santayana (1862–1952)
5.36 John Dewey (1859–1952)
5.37 Josiah Royce (1855–1916)
5.38 Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)
5.39 Martin Buber (1878–1965)
5.40 Martin Heidegger (1889–1976)
5.41 Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)
5.42 Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)
5.43 Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971)
5.44 A. J. Ayer (1910–1988)
5.45 Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) and Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)
5.46 Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)
5.47 Michel Foucault (1926–1984)
5.48 Alasdair MacIntyre (1929–)
2. The Forensic Practitioner’s Quest for Truth
1. Comparative Religion: A Primer7
2. Good and Evil: A Christian Perspective
3. The Scientist and the Truth
4. Ethics in the Laboratory
4.3 Interrogation and Interview
7. Practical Forensic Ethics: Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues
3. General Forensic Ethical Dilemmas
1. Major Categories of Ethical Dilemmas in Forensic Science
2. Discussion of Ethical Dilemmas in Forensic Science
2.1 Professional Credentials
2.2 Laboratory Analytical Procedures
2.3 Interpretation of Analytical Data and Presentation of Testimony in Court
2.4 Ethics and the Privately Employed Forensic Scientist
2.5 Ethics and the Publicly Employed Forensic Scientist
2.6 Obligations to the Profession of Forensic Science and Maintenance of Professional Skills
4. Codes of Ethics in Forensic Science Societies: The Organizational Parameters of Morality and Conduct
1. Codes of Ethics in Professional Organizations
2. The Development of an Association’s Code of Ethics and Conduct
3. A Comparison of the Code Provisions of Forensic Science Societies
3.1 Evidence and its Examination
3.2 Proficiency and Competency
3.5 Confidentiality, Extrajudicial Statements and the Talking Head
3.6 The Dilemma of the “Yes” or “No” Question
3.7 Reporting and Resisting Unethical or Unprofessional Conduct
4. EnforceAbility and Enforcement of Codes of Ethics and Professional Responsibility
4.2 The Imposition of Sanctions
5. Ethical Foundations for SANE Practice
1. Sexual Assault nurse Examiner (SANE) History and Program Development
2. The Role of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner
3. The Nurse Practice Act
4. Confidentiality, Informed Consent, and Patient Autonomy
5. Hospital Policies and Codes of Ethics and Ethics Committees
6. Ethical Issues in SANE Practice
6.1 Ethical Challenges Created by the Forensic Medical Examination
6.2 Unconscious or Intoxicated Patient
6.4 Adult with Cognitive Disability
7.1 The Focused Medical Interview and Documentation
7.2 Patient-Centered Care and Evidence Collection
8. Deciding What Evidence to Collect
9. Maintaining Boundaries and Avoiding Role Conflict
10. Testifying in Sexual Assault Cases
11. Conducting Sexual Assault Research
6. Ethics Codes in Other Organizations: Structures and Enforcement
2. Politics/Governmental Employees
9. Lessons and Applications to Forensics
2. Educational Standards and Ethics
3. A Professional Approach to Ethics
6. How do You Teach Ethics? Methods and Media
6.3 Media Tools and Rubrics
8. Ethics in Law Enforcement: Defining the Thin Blue Line
2. The Raw Material: The Applicant
2.2 Polygraph Examinations
2.3 Behavioral Interviewing
3. The individual: self-awareness
3.1 Cravings Corrupt Character
3.2 Know Yourself Best and First
4. Guiding Performance by Policies and Procedures
5. Heuristics: Recognizing Biases
5.1 Cravings Divert Ethical Behavior
6. Power Corrupts Good Character
6.1 Preference Breeds Entitlement
7. The Thin Blue Line of Character
8. Modeled Behavior Influences Character
9. UnChecked Emotions Spoil Good Character
10. Character Controls Career Choices
11. Character Affects Confidence
11.1 Giglio v. United States
11.2 Redefining the Thin Blue Line
11.3 Floor It, I’ll Pay the Ticket
12. Courage Develops Character
13. Focusing on the Big Picture
13.1 Living a Life of Principle
13.2 Groupthink Influences Decision Making
14. Redefining the Winning Edge
15. Ethical Decision-Making
9. Criminal Investigational Ethics
2. Basis of Law Enforcement Ethics
3. The Role of Law Enforcement in Criminal Investigations
4. The Foundation of Criminal Investigations Ethics
5. Intervew and Interrogation
7. Factors Influencing Investigative Decisions
8. Crime Scene and Evidence Issues
9. Evidence Processing Decisons
10. Investigator Crime Theories
11. Stephanie Crowe Case Study Example
12. Factors Affecting the Investigation
12.2 Noble Cause Corruption
13. Addressing Solutions to Ethical Investigations
14. Police Standards and Professional Development
15. Recruiting and Ethics Training
16. Impact of Community-Based Policing
17. Research and Practice
18. Specialized Criminal Investigation Training
19. Management and Leadership
20. Influence of Police Culture
10. Ethics in the Crime Laboratory and in Crime Scene Investigations
2. Laboratory Accreditation
4. The National Academy of Sciences
11. Ethics for Child Abuse Prosecutors: A Call to Leadership
1. Preliminary Matters: Investigation and Assessment
1.1 A Reality-Based Standard for Prosecution
1.2 Hazards of the System: Protocols and Reporting Issues
1.3 Suspect Interviews and Interrogations
1.5 Child Protective Services
2. Ethics in Charging Decisions: An Exercise In Discretion
4. Ethics in Plea Bargaining
12. Ethical Duties of Attorneys and Experts in Cases Involving Forensic Evidence, from the Perspective of the Defense
2. The Defense Attorney’s and Defense Experts’ Ethical Duties in A Case Involving Forensic Evidence
2.1 The Duty to Render Effective, Quality Representation
The Duty to Conduct Pre-trial Investigation, Seek Discovery, and File Relevant Pre-trial Motions Related to Forensic Evidence
The Duty to Effectively Challenge – and, When Appropriate, Introduce – Forensic Evidence at Trial and Post-Trial Proceedings
2.2 Defense Attorneys’ and Experts’ Duties of Confidentiality and Loyalty to the Client
2.3 Defense Counsel’s Duties to the Defense Expert
2.4 The Defense’s Duties to the Government and the Court
2.5 Defense Experts’ Broader Duties to Their Profession
3. A Defense Perspective on the Ethical Duties of the Prosecution and Its Experts in A Case Involving Forensic Science
3.1 Ensuring that Forensic Disciplines and Expert Testimony Comport with Principles of Good Science and the Search for Truth
3.2 The Prosecutor’s and Government Experts’ Duties to Promote a Culture of Open Review of the Government’s Methods
3.3 The Government Forensic Expert’s Duty to Assist the Prosecutor in Meeting Disclosure and Preservation Duties, and the Scope of Those Duties
3.4 Ethical Issues Related to the Government’s Use of Forensic Databases
2. Reporting Test Results
5. Forensic Science Organization Codes of Ethics
6.2 Defense: Contingency Fees
8. Other Issues and Slippery Slopes
8.1 The Confidentiality of Hired Experts
9. Types of Transgression
15. The Post-Conviction Process – From the Perspective of the Convicted
2. The Post-Conviction Process
3. The Duty to Disclose: A Constitutional (?) Mandate
4. The Duty to Retain/Preserve Evidence
5. Ethical Codes and the Post-Conviction Process
6. CBLA: A Model for Post-Conviction Ethics
3. The Federal False Claims Act
4. Pharmaceutical Research Scandals
5.4 Houston, We Have a Problem
3. Forensic Science on Television
6. Good Scientists Gone Bad and Other Forensic Faux Pas