Ethics and Accountability in Criminal Justice: Towards a Universal Standard

Around the world, corruption continues to undermine the rule of law and the application of due process rights. Misconduct by criminal justice professionals challenges democratic authority and the equality and freedom of ordinary citizens. There is an urgent need for academics, advocates and policymakers to speak with one voice in articulating universal ethical standards and, most importantly, in prescribing systems and techniques that must be in place for criminal justice to be genuinely accountable and as free from misconduct as possible. Ethics and Accountability in Criminal Justice: Towards a Universal Standard boldly stakes a claim to that advance by using quality research and policy analysis to inform the raising of ethical standards in criminal justice practice.