Exam 5: The Ambivalent Reality: Major Unethical Themes in Criminal Justice Management

Institutional integrity is largely a function of three factors: the agency's cultural knowledge of ethical principles, propensity to act in good faith, and is a reflection of how well personnel are compensated.

To answer the question of how much corruption can be tolerated, the book answers that if less than 2% of the officers are corrupt, that is acceptable.

With procedural justice training, officers can practice more procedural justice and be less likely to resort to arrests or the use of force.

Rushmorean can only be used to describe individuals who have been elected to office, like a sheriff.

Discuss the advantages and challenges of principle-based management. Why might it be beneficial for establishing and maintaining quality relationships with the public?

An ethical reasoner should consider which of the following in regard to policing?

An organization that stifles creativity, destroys morale, and penalizes initiative is said to produce a harvest of shame.

Criminal justice practitioners must be intellectually alert and _____________ judicious to be able to distinguish between the ends of justice and means of justice.

Address the need for institutional integrity within criminal justice agencies. In doing this, address the four mechanisms through which ethical principles develop, as well as what factors influence an agency's propensity to act in good faith. Finally, discuss in some detail the benefits/drawbacks of the four types of agencies that can emerge given the varying degrees of institutional integrity that are possible.

The book discusses viewpoints from current criminal justice agency managers, with overall themes of cynicism and the desire to pursue their own agenda surfacing as common managerial styles. Along with this, some reasoning-like justice is in the eye of the beholder-was provided. Address some additional reasons provided by the book, and then expand upon why feelings like cynicism may be present among agency managers. Might negative interactions with the public prompt this cynicism? How might a cynical attitude from a manager impact subordinates who are on the road? Finally, what themes emerge in agencies with unenlightened managers?

Criminological literature indicates that _______________ exists between the propensity to commit crime and the social perceptions of justice and injustice.

The basic tools of principle-based management include:

Moral agility is based on the use of reasoning and deductive logic and, more generally, is a talent for the use of wisdom in decision-making.

Which of the following statements is consistent with principle-based management?

Principle-based management is a philosophy of management that is characterized by which of the following?

Managers have been described as "Rushmorean" for possessing all of the following traits EXCEPT:

A substantial amount of crime is directly or indirectly related to the presence of all of the following EXCEPT:

The President's Task Force on 21^st Century Policing stated that contemporary policing must include:

The concept of true professionalism focuses on:

Enlightened managers view their task as simply one of controlling employees and emphasizing the use of power.