Question 1

___________ 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.

Accepted Answer

A)  Retreatist 
B)  Occupational 
C)  Conformist 
D)  Informal

Question 2

___________, 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.

Accepted Answer

A)  Jeremy Bentham 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Immanuel Kant 
D)  Howard Becker

Question 3

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Knapp Commission characterized corrupt police officers as ______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  enforcement and vice 
B)  patrol and investigation 
C)  grass-eaters and meat-eaters 
D)  passive and aggressive

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  recruiting applicants who are drug free and ensuring the integrity of officers, once employed. 
B)  ensuring the integrity of officers and preventing drug use among teenagers 
C)  preventing drug use among teenagers and recruiting applicants who are drug free 
D)  preventing drug use among undercover officers and teenagers

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Extortion involves networks of officers. 
B)  Extortion involves high-ranking officers. 
C)  Extortion is initiated by the citizen. 
D)  Extortion is initiated by the officer

Question 7

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  sexual violence 
B)  racial profiling 
C)  verbal abuse 
D)  false reporting

Question 8

What differentiates police crime from crimes committed by police officers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Police crime involves the officer's use of official powers to engage in criminal conduct. 
B)  Police crime is always committed while on duty. 
C)  Police crime takes place in patrol cars. 
D)  All crimes committed by police officers are police crimes.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)  physically 
B)  psychologically 
C)  legally 
D)  financially

Question 11

Drug use by police officers is becoming more prevalent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)  physically 
B)  psychologically 
C)  legally 
D)  financially

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

__________ 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.

Accepted Answer

A)  Officer discretion 
B)  Abuse of authority 
C)  Exploitation of diplomacy 
D)  Jacking-up charges

Question 15

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:

Accepted Answer

A)  bribery 
B)  coercion 
C)  extortion 
D)  corruption

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.

___________, 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: