Ethics in Law Enforcement Chapter Exam Questions
Course Introduction
This course examines the ethical issues and dilemmas faced by law enforcement professionals in the line of duty. Students will explore foundational moral theories, principles of justice, and professional codes of conduct as they relate to policing and public safety. Through case studies and classroom discussions, the course addresses topics such as use of force, corruption, discretion, racial profiling, confidentiality, accountability, and the balance between individual rights and public security. By the end of the course, students will have developed analytical skills and ethical decision-making frameworks to navigate complex moral situations in law enforcement environments.
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Multicultural Law Enforcement 6th Edition by Robert M. Shusta
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Chapter 1: Multicultural Communities
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Q1) A _________ dimension is a core characteristic with which a person is born that remains with the individual in all stages of his or her life.
Answer: primary
Q2) How can the secondary dimension of diversity influence people in the workforce?
Answer: Answers should include family status,education,religion,income,work experience,etc.
Q3) Changes in population characteristics were insignificant between 1990 and 2000.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The act - intentional and unintentional - of applying or incorporating personal,social,or organizational biases and-or stereotypes in decision-making,police actions,or the administration of justice is bias-based policing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q5) _________________ is not a new phenomenon in the United States. Answer: Immigration
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Chapter 2: The Changing Law Enforcement Agency
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Q1) There has been a negative reaction to the term "minority," which critics find outmoded and offensive because the:
<b>For question 8,indicate the answer that is NOT correct:</b>
A) term leaves non-whites feeling diminished, almost second-class
B) word carries overtones of inferiority and inequity
C) word, technically, is used to describe numerical designations, but over the years, it has come to have much larger implications
D) Term involves a stereotype.
Answer: D
Q2) Leadership and team building are crucial to managing a diverse workforce and establishing good minority community relations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) __________ is the benefit produced by the collaboration of two or more systems in excess of their individual contributions.
Answer: Synergy
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Chapter 3: Multicultural Representation in Law Enforcement
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Q1) Job satisfaction can be attributed to fair compensation and benefits.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Failure to promote qualified candidates representative of the diverse populations (including women)that agencies serve can result in continued distrust of the police and community-police tensions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) ___________ in the textbook refers to persons of a different race,ethnicity,or sexual orientation from the majority population.
Answer: Diversity
Q4) The President's Crime Commission Report identified the underrepresentation of blacks as a serious problem.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Cross-Cultural Communication for Law Enforcement
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Q1) Communication can be strained and _________ when there is no apparent common ground.
Q2) Language barriers can lead to serious problems for those who cannot speak English. A)True B)False
Q3) In the area of data gathering and interviewing,police officers in a multicultural law enforcement and peacekeeping situation should:
A) Assume that their key motivators and values are the same as those of the other parties involved
B) Should not assume that their key motivators and values are the same as those of the other parties involved
C) Allow children who are suspects in an investigation to translate for their limited- or non-English speaking parents
D) None of the above
Q4) In ________ communication,people depend more on words to create and interpret meaning rather than the setting,body language or levels of hierarchy involved.
Q5) Understanding ______ differences and how they impact communication is critical.
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Chapter 5: Law Enforcement Contact With Asian-Pacific
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Q1) In 1997,the U.S.Government divided the Asian-Pacific Americans into how many groups?
A) five
B) two
C) three
D) four
Q2) Asian-Pacific Americans is a convenient summarizing label used to refer to a homogeneous group of people.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Researchers Cho and Kim (2012)point out that,"Asian victims of intimate partner violence are less likely to use mental health services than any other racial groups."
A)True
B)False
Q4) Household relationships and communication patterns are often __________.
Q5) The Immigration Act of 1924 banned the immigration of Chinese laborers for ten years.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Law Enforcement Contact With Asian-Pacific
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Q1) _______,more than class,tends to determine how the larger society reacts to and treats blacks.
Q2) White officers should try to imitate black dialects and styles of speaking to try to establish a better rapport with them.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Many American-born blacks have shown an interest in learning more about and identifying with African cultures.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The roots of African Americans can be traced back to?
A) Western or interior Africa
B) Asia
C) Eastern Africa
D) China
Q5) "Negro" symbolizes what the African American became under slavery.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The use of racial ____ is never acceptable.
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Chapter 7: Law Enforcement Contact With Latino-Hispanic
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT one of the states that has seen the fastest growth of Hispanics?
A) Virginia
B) North Carolina
C) South Carolina
D) Kentucky
Q2) Women are socialized into the role of "marianismo" based on the belief of the Virgin Mary.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Name some of the stereotypes and myths regarding Latino-Hispanic Americans that law enforcement officers must understand in order to communicate effectively with the population.
Q4) The majority of Mexican-Americans migrated into the United States before 1910.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The ________ wave of Cuban immigrants was the largest.
Q7) The word _________ does not describe a racial group. Page 9
Q6) "Wetback" is a derogatory ____ slur that is never acceptable for use by law enforcement officers.
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Chapter 8: Law Enforcement Contact With Arab Americans and
Other Middle Eastern Groups
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Q1) _________ means submission to the will of God.
Q2) __________ to one's family takes precedence over other personal needs.
Q3) The communities with the largest Arab American populations are located in Los Angeles,Detroit,the greater New York area,Washington,D.C.,and ____________.
Q4) What percentage of the first wave of Arab immigrants to the U.S.were Christians?
A) 70
B) 60
C) 80
D) 90
Q5) What is the only county in the Middle East where the majority of the population is NOT Muslim?
A) Iraq
B) Israel
C) Iran
D) Algeria
Q6) All Arabs have the Arabic language in common.
A)True
B)False
Q7) The usual practice for an Arab woman is to keep her _____ last name for life.
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Chapter 9: Law Enforcement Contact With Native Americans
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Q1) __________ signed an executive order establishing the White House Council on Native American Affairs?
Q2) The smallest American Indian reservation is the Navajo Nation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The word ___________ is not a term that Native Americans originally used to designate their tribes or communities.
Q4) Which of the following are uses for peyote?
A) all of the below
B) hunting charm
C) medicine
D) weather predictor
Q5) An Indian __________ is land that a tribe has reserved for its exclusive use through statutes,executive order,or the course of treaty-making.
Q6) Sioux means ally.
A)True
B)False
Q7) There are _________ Native American languages.
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Chapter 10: Multicultural Law Enforcement and Terrorism, homeland
Security and Disaster Preparedness
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Q1) Terrorism Prevention is a violent act or any act dangerous to human life,in violation of the criminal laws of the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ___________ was signed into law by President George Bush on October 26,2001.
Q3) The following is NOT one of the benefits of the NIMS,a division within the Department of Homeland Security?
A) It coordinates with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis to ensure timely distribution of intelligence and strategic information to state, local, Tribal and territorial law enforcement.
B) It provides standardized resource management procedures.
C) It provides a set of preparedness concepts and principles for all hazards.
D) It is scalable so that it may be used for all incidents.
Q4) Law enforcement's knowledge and responsiveness to local and regional issues is central to the success in the war on terrorism and homeland security.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The _______________ became the third largest federal department.
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Chapter 11: Hate-Bias Crimes: Victims,
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Q1) _______________ forbid violence by private parties only when there is intent to interfere with a federally protected right.
Q2) A ________ on a person because of race,religion,ethnic,religious background,gender,gender identity,or sexual orientation is an example of a hate crime.
Q3) The federal _______________ of 1990 encourages states to collect and report hate crime data to the FBI.
Q4) Bias is a preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their race,religion,disability,sexual orientation,ethnicity,gender,or gender identity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is a criminal offense called that is committed against a person,property,or society and motivated in whole or in part by the offender's bias against a race,religion,or disability,sexual orientation,or ethnicity?
A) hate crime
B) hate incident
C) bias
D) racism
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Chapter 12: Hate-Bias Crimes: Reporting, monitoring, and Response Strategies
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Q1) When police have information about crime patterns,they are better able to direct resources to prevent,investigate,and resolve problems pertaining to them.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Monitoring extremist hate groups is an important obligation of:
A) society
B) law enforcement
C) community
D) churches and synagogues
Q3) The neo-Nazi group ___________ believes it is subject to nature's laws only,and,therefore,national laws are not important.
Q4) What are some community resources that can be established to reduce and control hate crimes:
A) victim's hotline
B) human relations commission
C) conflict resolution panels
D) all of the above
Q5) The ___________ is described as a militia-style organization and is known for domestic terrorism.
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Chapter 13: Racial Profiling
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Q1) Courts have held that matching a profile alone is not the equivalent of the reasonable suspicion or probable cause necessary to conduct an investigative detention or ________.
Q2) There are some police officers,government administrators,and others who maintain that racial profiling is a myth or a misperception.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ____________ helps agencies convey a commitment to unbiased policing.
Q4) The __________ created policy intended for adoption by police department's across the nation.The policy clearly delineates what is legal profiling.
Q5) Probable cause is a lower level of reasonable belief,based on facts that can be articulated.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Accountability and supervision is an approach used by the police department to prevent racial profiling.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Community Policing and Multicultural
Response Strategies for Gangs, the Homeless,and the
Mentally Ill
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Q1) The three specific resources in the text that police agencies can use to assist with gang prevention include high school-sponsored sports programs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ____________________ have similar residency and shelter-transitional housing as homeless adults but share housing with other persons due to loss of housing (e.g.,in motels,hotels,trailer parks,etc.).
Q3) Which one is not categorized as one of the three types of gangs?
A) street
B) suburban
C) prison
D) outlaw motorcycle
Q4) According to the U.S.Department of Justice,it is estimated that people with severe mental illness are four times more likely to be killed by the police in encounters than are other citizens.
A)True
B)False
Q5) National,regional,and _____ street gangs are the largest and control the greatest geographic area. Page 17
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