Braithwaite and Scott describe the study of values as multi-disciplinary involving, "the intersection of interests of philosophers, anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists. Values are presumed to encapsulate the aspirations of individuals and societies. They pertain to what is desirable, to deeply engrained standards that determine future directions and that justify past actions. Values have been postulated as key constructs in the socialization process, and have found their way into cultural, religious, political, educational, occupational, and family research" (1991 :661). Psychological and biological aspects of an individual (one's characteristics and needs) link research to attitudes, personality, and self-esteem (1991). These individual factors carryover into the realm of the workplace, impacting one's working personality and professional behaviors. Thus, such moral values are central to the socialization of criminal justice professionals and to the practice of criminal justice. Moral values are not the exclusive domain of a particular geographic culture or region; they permeate all cultures and countries prompting cross-cultural studies. This research paper presents a comparative study of moral values and morally debatable behaviors conducted with students from the School of Criminal Justice at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the College of Police and Security Studies in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Also studied are police officers and jail officers in West Michigan and their counterparts in Slovenia. Findings indicate that West Michigan students, police officers and jail personnel are more rigid in their views of morally correct behavior than their Slovenian counterparts. In part, we believe this to be an artifact of the strong Christian Reformed underpinnings predominating religious thought in West Michigan. We speculate that such rigidity may also contribute to the general conservative mindset currently prevailing in the United States, a mindset that prefers arrest and incarceration as opposed to treatment and rehabilitation. This speculation is supported to some extent by the (more) rehabilitative model of criminal justice practiced in Slovenia. We also recognize that human behavior occurs along a continuum. Therefore, Slovenians might view their American counterparts as overly rigid with little tolerance for the myriad circumstances that comprise the gray areas between their black-and-white judgments of right and wrong. On the other hand, Americans might view Slovenians as overly lenient with an acceptance of gray circumstances that suggests not only a faith in the value of rehabilitation's potential but also the potential for unethical behavior.