Journal Reflection: Ethical and Social Justice Issues in Criminal Justice Career
Think about your current or desired career in the criminal justice system. In at least 350 words, describe some of the main ethical and social justice issues with your current or desired career in the criminal justice system. Explain the best approach to facing these ethical and social justice issues.

Learning Resources
Note: To access this module’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Textbook
Banks, C. (2017). Criminal justice ethics: Theory and practice (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Criminal Justice Ethics: Theory and Practice, 4th Edition by Banks, C. Copyright 2017 by Sage Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications, Inc. via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Chapter 9, “The Ethics of Criminal Justice Policy Making” (pp. 248–284)
Articles
Albany Law Review Fall 2017 Symposium: Sanctuary cities. (2018). Albany Law Review, 81(2), 679–720.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Brady, K. (2017). Sanctuary cities and the demise of the Secure Communities program. Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy, 23, 21–50. 

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Donnelly, E. A. (2017). The politics of racial disparity reform: Racial inequality and criminal justice policymaking in the States. American Journal of Criminal Justice: AJCJ, 42(1), 1–27.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Website
Office of Justice Programs. (n.d.). Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Retrieved December 6, 2018, from https://www.smart.gov/sorna.htm

Media
Stevenson, B. (2012). We need to talk about an injustice [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice/details 

 

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 24 minutes.