Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice, 8th Edition – Complete Test Bank with Solutions

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Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice, 8th
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Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice, 8th Edition
Chapter 1-14


Chapter 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE


1. All public servants have the following characteristics except:

a. paid from public purse

b. special duties

c. power to use force

d. held to higher standard




ANS: C REF: p. 4 OBJ: LO 2




2. Which of the following is not one of the ethical principles that govern public servants
identified by the Josephson Institute?

a. accountability
b. democratic leadership
c. public service
d. incomplete judgment



ANS: D REF: p.4 OBJ: LO 2






,3. Those exempt from legal and moral culpability include all of the following except:

a. the insane
b. the young
c. the poor
d. one whose actions were coerced



ANS: C REF: p. 12 OBJ: LO 4




4. Which of the following is not one of Braswell’s reasons to study ethics?

a. develop critical thinking skills
b. become aware and open to ethical issues
c. develop wholesight
d. improve public image



ANS: D REF: p. 6 OBJ: LO 1 & 2



5. The term refers to what is judged as good conduct.

a. values
b. morality
c. honor
d. goodness



ANS: B REF: p. 6 OBJ: LO 3

6. The discipline investigating the meaning of ethical systems and whether they are relative
or are universal is known as:






, a. normative ethics
b. applied ethics
c. forensic ethics
d. meta-ethics



ANS: D REF: p. 6 OBJ: LO 3




7. ethics determine what people ought to do and defines moral duties
based on ethical systems or other means of analysis.

a. Applied
b. Normative
c. Professional
d. Conventional



ANS: B REF: p. 8 OBJ: LO 3




8. The application of ethical principles to specific issues such as social research or medical
practice is called:

a. meta-ethics
b. normative ethics
c. applied ethics
d. practical ethics



ANS: C REF: p. 8 OBJ: LO 3