Exam 9: Ethics and Deviance

___________ deviance refers to inappropriate work-related activities in which police may participate or the deviant behavior-criminal and noncriminal-committed during the course of normal work activities or committed under the guise of the police officer's authority.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 21

___________, an eighteenth century philosopher, expanded the ethics of duty by including the idea of "goodwill," believing that when people act, their actions must be guided by good intent.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 22

The study of ethics is not an attempt to understand the "why" of human behavior but rather an attempt to evaluate behavior in terms of ethical or moral principles.

(True/False)

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Question 23

The Knapp Commission characterized corrupt police officers as ______________________.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 24

Which of the following best describes the two problems illegal drug use presents to police agencies?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 25

Which of the following best describes the difference between extortion and bribery?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 26

Police ___________ involves those situations in which a citizen experiences a sexually degrading, humiliating, violating, damaging or threatening act committed by a police officer, through the use of force or police authority.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 27

What differentiates police crime from crimes committed by police officers?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 28

The utilitarian philosophy of ethics emphasizes the consequences of one's actions.

(True/False)

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Question 29

Police may ___________ abuse citizens by violating a their constitutional, federal, or state rights.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 30

Drug use by police officers is becoming more prevalent.

(True/False)

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Question 31

Police may __________ abuse citizens through the use of verbal assault, harassment, or ridicule.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 32

Morality denotes the capacity of people to make judgments about what is right or good.

(True/False)

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Question 33

__________ is any action by a police officer without regard to motive, intent, or malice that tends to injure, insult, tread on human dignity, manifest feelings of inferiority, and/or violate an inherent legal right of a member of the police constituency.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 34

The use of threat of arrest or harassment by an officer against someone who has committed or is suspected of committing a crime to avoid arrest is known as:

(Multiple Choice)

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___________ deviance refers to inappropriate work-related activities in which police may participate or the deviant behavior-criminal and noncriminal-committed during the course of normal work activities or committed under the guise of the police officer's authority.

___________, an eighteenth century philosopher, expanded the ethics of duty by including the idea of "goodwill," believing that when people act, their actions must be guided by good intent.

The study of ethics is not an attempt to understand the "why" of human behavior but rather an attempt to evaluate behavior in terms of ethical or moral principles.

The Knapp Commission characterized corrupt police officers as ______________________.

Which of the following best describes the two problems illegal drug use presents to police agencies?

Which of the following best describes the difference between extortion and bribery?

Police ___________ involves those situations in which a citizen experiences a sexually degrading, humiliating, violating, damaging or threatening act committed by a police officer, through the use of force or police authority.

What differentiates police crime from crimes committed by police officers?

The utilitarian philosophy of ethics emphasizes the consequences of one's actions.

Police may ___________ abuse citizens by violating a their constitutional, federal, or state rights.

Drug use by police officers is becoming more prevalent.

Police may __________ abuse citizens through the use of verbal assault, harassment, or ridicule.

Morality denotes the capacity of people to make judgments about what is right or good.

__________ is any action by a police officer without regard to motive, intent, or malice that tends to injure, insult, tread on human dignity, manifest feelings of inferiority, and/or violate an inherent legal right of a member of the police constituency.

The use of threat of arrest or harassment by an officer against someone who has committed or is suspected of committing a crime to avoid arrest is known as:

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