Ethics in Criminal Justice (CJ400) Exam 6 & 7: 95/100 - 95 %
Question 1
A scientist was sentenced to prison for conspiracy to sell trade secrets worth
... [Show More] $8 million. The scientist had cancer and was expected to
live only six months longer. He told the judge, "I don't want to die in prison." But the judge said he had "no choice" and sentenced the
scientist to the five years in prison. What ethical theory best describes the absolute position of the sentencing judge?
Question options:
a) Impartiality
b) Formalism
c) Virtue ethics
d) Utilitarianism
ion 2.5 / 2.points
Which case established the legal authority and limits for a stop and frisk?
Question options:
a) Marbury v. Madison
b) Miranda v. Arizona
c) Terry v. Ohio
d) Mapp v. Ohio
ion 2.5 / 2.points
Ethics in Criminal Justice (CJ400) Exam 6 & 7: 95/100 - 95 %
____________ wrote disparagingly of an attorney who would seek to make the innocent look guilty.
Question options:
a) Socrates
b) Aristotle
c) Kant
d) John Stuart Mill
ion 2.5 / 2.points
A police officer sees a car speeding dangerously down the highway and pulls it over. The driver hands the officer his license with a
$50 bill clipped to it. The officer takes it and does not write a ticket. Taking the money is ______; not writing a ticket is:
Question options:
a) malfeasance; nonfeasance.
b) nonfeasance; nonfeasance.
c) anti-feasance; misfeasance.
d) misfeasance; malfeasance.
ion 2.5 / 2.points
What ethical theory looks at the present in assessing the impact of alternate sentences, focusing less on the act committed and more on
the character of the person who committed it and how a sentence would work to achieve moral virtue?
Ethics in Criminal Justice (CJ400) Exam 6 & 7: 95/100 - 95 %
Question options:
a) Virtue ethics
b) Utilitarianism
c) Formalism
d) Stoicism
ion 0 / 2.pointWhat is required before a police officer may conduct a frisk of an individual?
Question options:
a) Probable cause that an individual is armed and dangerous
b) Reasonable suspicion that an individual possesses evidence of a crime
c) Reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot
d) Reasonable suspicion that an individual is armed and dangerous
ion 2.5 / 2.points
In determining under what circumstances an individual should be stopped and frisked, which is the LEAST helpful ethical system?
Question options:
a) Formalism
Ethics in Criminal Justice (CJ400) Exam 6 & 7: 95/100 - 95 %
b) Virtue Ethics
c) Utilitarianism
d) Kantian
ion 2.5 / 2.points
Why is ethics important to the police officer on the street?
Question options:
a) Everyone is born with ethics, so all police officers have them.
b) Ethics is easier to learn than case law.
c) All laws are ethical, so learning ethics will ensure compliance with laws.
d) Ethics offer an objective standard to address situations not yet addressed by the courts.
ion 2.5 / 2.points
A useful code of ethics should rely more on:
Question options:
a) statements of requirements.
Ethics in Criminal Justice (CJ400) Exam 6 & 7: 95/100 - 95 %
b) mandatory rules of conduct.
c) statements of principles.
d) statements of law.
ion 2.5 / 2.points
_____________ explanations for police corruption suggest the existence of an organized subculture within an agency, often
characterized by secrecy, loyalty, and cynicism?
Question options:
a) External
b) Departmental
c) Managerial
d) Individual [Show Less]