- Credit Hours: 3 Hours
- Author: Lee Pioske
- Price: $39.00
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the meaning and importance of ethics in criminal justice practice and explain how ethical decision-making applies to various criminal justice professions.
- Compare major ethical frameworks, including utilitarianism and the social contract approach, and explain their application to criminal justice dilemmas.
- Identify ethical challenges commonly faced by counselors, probation and parole officers, corrections personnel, and other criminal justice professionals.
- Apply models of ethical decision-making to resolve conflicts that arise in criminal justice and substance abuse treatment settings.
- Explain how addiction-related issues create unique ethical considerations for criminal justice professionals working with substance-abusing clients.
- Assess one's own ethical perspectives and analyze how personal values influence professional decision-making in criminal justice settings.
Package Contents
Course Details
Course Description: The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice covers the history and theory of ethics in criminal justice, tracing moral philosophy from antiquity to the present and examining frameworks such as Utilitarianism, the Contract Approach, and the Due Process versus Crime Control debate. It is designed for students and working professionals in criminal justice, addictions counseling, and related behavioral sciences who want to strengthen their ethical reasoning and work toward advanced certification. The course focuses on three areas of ethical decision-making: police ethics, correctional officer ethics (including probation, parole, and prison), and criminal justice counselor ethics. Students will practice applying ethical frameworks to real-world scenarios drawn from across criminal justice practice, with particular attention to working with clients whose issues are connected to addiction.
Date: Ongoing
Distance Learning Method: Asynchronous Reading
Target Audience: Social Workers, Substance Abuse Counselors, Criminal Justice Professionals
Refund Policy: If you request a refund within 30 days of placing your order (and prior to submitting any exams / completing any courses) we will gladly issue a refund of your money, less the processing fee and handling charge.
Course Interactivity: None
Posttest Requirements: Must score 80% or better to pass. Tests can be taken multiple times to obtain passing score.
Course Completion Requirements: Passing score on posttest. Submission of course evaluation. Course date of completion is recorded at this point.
Certificate of Completion: Issued when course is completed, available for download in Student Center
System Requirements: Internet access
About the Instructor
Lee Pioske
Lee Pioske is a Licensed Substance Abuse Counselor with more than eight years of experience in the field. He has a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s Degree in Addiction Psychology from Capella University. He is currently director of one of the largest and most respected recovery Transitional Living programs in the United States. He also serves as a Therapist at a local Behavioral Health hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.
Lee’s story is one of great changes and comebacks. He is a recovering cocaine addict, and spent over five years incarcerated in various prisons. He has dedicated his life to helping people in recovery, especially those who were a part of the penal system. Today, he enjoys working with people interested in Criminal Justice careers, and spends a great deal of time with police, probation and parole officers. His goal is to help create a better understanding of addiction for people on both sides of the law. Lee has designed several courses for use by residents of rehabilitation programs, including Relapse Prevention classes that have been attended by more than 5000 people in recovery.
Lee is currently living in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife Angelita.
Approved and Widely Recognized
CEU Matrix is approved by the following national and state accreditation boards:
CEU Matrix is approved with the following state boards:
Arkansas (ASACB), California (CCAPP #OS-07-394-0222), California (CADTP #250), Connecticut (#0115-5202), Delaware (DCB #37), Florida (FCB #5141-A), Georgia (ADACBGA #2026-4-003), Illinois (IAODAPCA #19345), Kentucky, Louisiana (LA ADRA #E026), Michigan (MCBAP), Missouri (Missouri CB #183), New Mexico (NMCBBHP #2046), North Carolina (NCSAPPB), Ohio (OCDP #50-19236), Oklahoma (OBLADS #20260153), Texas (TCB #1758-07)
Provider Statement:
CEU Matrix, provider #2726, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 07/23/2026-07/23/2027.