The Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics, the only nonprofit, university-based center of its kind in the United States, was established to foster greater concern for ethical issues among practitioners and scholars in the criminal justice field. Through its diverse programs it serves both as a national clearinghouse for information and as a stimulus to research and publication. It seeks to encourage increased sensitivity to the demands of ethical behavior among those who administer and enforce our system of criminal justice, a more focused treatment of moral issues in the education of criminal justice professionals, and a new dialogue among scholars and practitioners on specific topics in criminal justice ethics.

The Institute draws on the facilities of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a specialized college within the City University of New York offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs in criminal justice.

In addition to the journal, the Institute undertakes the following programs and services:

Conferences
Each conference is organized around a particular theme in criminal justice ethics, and contributions are solicited from scholars throughout the country and internationally. Our next conference will be held in early 2006 on the ethical issued raised by the civil commitment of sex offenders.

Bibliographical Services
Through the cooperation of the John Jay College Library, members of the Institute have access, subject to a service fee, to computerized bibliographical search services with more than one hundred databases.

Police Academy Training Program
The Institute provides assistance to those who are planning training programs in ethics for police academies.

Criminal Justice Ethics Education
The Institute assists those who are planning college-level programs in criminal justice ethics with bibliographical resources and advice.

Membership in the Institute is open to college and university faculty and students, instructors in police academies, practitioners in criminal justice agencies, judges and lawyers, and interested laypersons. Affiliation is available according to the following categories:

Individual Member, $15 (USA), $20 (outside USA); Institutional Member, $50 (USA), $55 (outside USA); Student and Senior Citizen Member, $12.50; Friend, $50 or more; Donor, $100 or more; and Sponsor, $250 or more.

Contributions to the Institute are tax deductible. Please make checks payable to John Jay College, and mail to: The Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 555 West 57th Street, Suite 607, New York, NY 10019-1029, USA. Or contact cjethics@jjay.cuny.edu.

The Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics is housed at and supported by John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Founded in 1964, John Jay is a specialized College within the City University of New York which stresses the importance of a liberal arts education for individuals intending careers in public service. In its undergraduate programs, John Jay combines training in the liberal arts with special instruction in such subjects as criminal justice, forensic psychology and science, deviant behavior and social control, security management, public administration, police science, corrections, and fire service administration. Its graduate programs offer professional degrees in criminal justice, public administration, fire science, forensic computing, as well as forensic psychology and science. John Jay College also provides the focal point for the City University of New York doctoral program in criminal justice. Total enrollment in the college exceeds 14,000.

In addition to offering undergraduate and graduate instruction, John Jay houses a number of centers and institutes that serve criminal justice professionals and the lay public. The Criminal Justice Research Center assists public and private agencies by conducting research and evaluation studies of crime prevention strategies, positive youth development projects, and criminal justice issues and operations. The Criminal Justice Center, along with the Fire Science Institute and the Security Management Institute, serves as a bridge between the academic community and criminal justice practitioners through seminars, workshops, research, and publications. The Center on Terrorism seeks to stimulate research into and reflection upon general issues pertaining to violence and security in society. The Center for International Human Rights studies challenges to the promotion and protection of internationally recognized human rights norms and the circumstances of their violation. The Prisoner Reentry Institute works with corrections professionals to improve and enhance practice and service delivery for the population of people leaving prison, and with scholars to promote reentry research and policy.

Origins
A program of higher education for New York City police officers, established in 1955 in conjunction with the Baruch School of Business and Public Administration, was the predecessor of John Jay College. In 1964 the College of Police Science of the City University of New York was established. This baccalaureate granting institution developed, in 1966, into John Jay College of Criminal Justice, named in honor of John Jay of New York (1745-1829), the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Originally housed at the New York City Police Academy and at Baruch College, John Jay College expanded first into its own space on Park Avenue South, and then, in 1973, North Hall at 445 West 59th Street and South Hall at 444 West 56th Street. In 1988, it moved out of the rented premises on West 56th Street into its own building at 899 Tenth Avenue, adjacent to North Hall.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.