Serve and Protect

This collection of essays on policing and the use of force, while written over the course of the last twenty-five years, remains relevant and timely. Although issues in policing and questions about excessive force and brutality have been addressed by criminologists, sociologists, philosophers, and criminal justice ethicists, only a handful of theological ethicists treat this pressing matter. While the Christian moral tradition has a voluminous record of theological attention to violence and nonviolence, war and peace, there is a dearth of references to policing. And most considerations of criminal justice issues by Christians and their churches concentrate on prison reform, or abolition, and the death penalty, but not policing. These essays, authored by a theological ethicist possessing professional experience in law enforcement, seek to fill this curious gap. They offer a framework for moral reasoning concerning the justification for police use of force and the just application of such force, and they propose just policing as a model that is consonant with promoting a just peace in communities and society. In addition, they explore the implications of such an approach for wider, international questions about just war, terrorism, the responsibility to protect, and post-war justice.

Author: Tobias Winright
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 11/13/2020
Pages: 198
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9781725253919
ISBN10: 1725253917
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology | Ethics
- Religion | Christian Living | Social Issues
- Business & Economics | Business Ethics