ethic
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 $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
tion 2..5
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
tion 2..5
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
tion 2..5
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.
tion 2..5
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
tion .5
points
What 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
tion 2..5
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 %
Question 1
A scientist was sentenced to prison for conspiracy to sell trade secrets worth $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
tion 2..5
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
tion 2..5
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
tion 2..5
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.
tion 2..5
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
tion .5
points
What 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
tion 2..5
points
In determining under what circumstances an individual should be stopped and frisked, which is the LEAST helpful ethical system?
Question options:
a) Formalism
