Exam 5: Using Ethical Dilemmas in Training Police

Whistle-blowing is most associated with what type of ethical dilemma?

Many officers are never faced with issues of police ____________ because they are in patrol and not in criminal investigation.

According to the text, ethical practice for police is primarily a matter of knowing and following a set of rules.

According to the text, which of the following methods of ethics training do police officers prefer?

The phenomenon of police officers lying about the facts of a case is often called:

Supervisors such as sergeants and lieutenants are the most often overlooked groups for ethics instruction.

Police officers are always forced to present ethical rationales for their decisions.

In terms of discretion, according to the text, ethics class participants very often identify the _____________ as problematic.

Whether a police officer should enforce a relatively minor law due to situational elements such as the age or poverty of an offender would be an example of:

Police training often spends the most time on activities that officers are least likely to encounter on the job.

Ethics instruction is best implemented as a single training block during the academy.

Many police officers feel that it is ethically acceptable to receive gratuities.

According to the text, while teaching ethics to police officers, it is useful to weigh all of the following except:

Many officers are never faced with issues of police discretion in their daily duties.

Discretion can be defined as the power to make a choice among alternatives.

_________ dilemmas may involve situations in which the officer knows that the job requires a particular action, but feels that action is a waste of time.

According to the text, the traditional pedagogical approach is the most appropriate method to teach ethics to police recruits and officers.

Mounting evidence shows that _________ is the best methodology for teaching police ethics

Personalizing course content may help police officers to recognize ethical issues and resolve them.

A gratuity is something given to all police as a policy. A ____________ is something given to an individual in return for a specific action.