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
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c. power to use force
d. held to higher standard
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ANS: C REF: p. 4 OBJ: LO 2
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2. Which of the following is not one of the ethical principles that govern public servants
identified by the Josephson Institute?
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a. accountability
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b. democratic leadership
c. public service
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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?
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a. develop critical thinking skills
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b. become aware and open to ethical issues
c. develop wholesight
d. improve public image
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ANS: D REF: p. 6 OBJ: LO 1 & 2
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5. The term refers to what is judged as good conduct.
a. values
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b. morality
c. honor
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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.
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a. Applied
b. Normative
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c. Professional
d. Conventional
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ANS: B REF: p. 8 OBJ: LO 3
8. The application of ethical principles to specific issues such as social research or medical
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practice is called:
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a. meta-ethics
b. normative ethics
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c. applied ethics
d. practical ethics
ANS: C REF: p. 8 OBJ: LO 3