Law Enforcement Ethics Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Law Enforcement Ethics explores the moral and ethical challenges faced by law enforcement professionals in the fulfillment of their duties. The course examines foundational ethical theories and principles, applying them to real-world scenarios such as use of force, discretion, corruption, racial profiling, and the relationship between police and the community. Through case studies, group discussions, and critical analysis, students will develop the skills necessary to recognize ethical dilemmas, evaluate possible courses of action, and make sound, principled decisions that uphold the integrity of the profession. By the end of the course, students will be better equipped to navigate the complexities of ethical behavior within the law enforcement context.
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Policing America Challenges and Best Practices 8th Edition by Ken J. Peak
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Chapter 1: History: From English Origins to the United States
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Q1) Describe August Vollmer's contributions to policing.
Answer: [key points to be made]
Answers should include some of the following contributions made by Vollmer:
-The creation of a police school,or formal training program for police officers
-The use of bicycle and automobile patrol
-Innovation in recruitment and hiring,including hiring college students and administering a variety of entrance exams to applicants (including intelligence,psychiatric,and neurological tests)
-The first radio patrol car
-A belief that police should play an active part in the life of the community
Q2) The office of the ________ has changed considerably over the centuries but has always included determining the cause of death.
Answer: coroner
Q3) The __________ is the main source of rural crime control in America.
Answer: sheriff
Q4) The ____________ completed the first national study of crime and criminal justice.
Answer: Wickersham
Q5) Peel emphasized not only crime suppression but also crime ____________. Answer: prevention
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Chapter 2: Preparing for the Street: Recruitment, Training,
and Socialization
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Q1) An influential coalition of blacks is the:
A) National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
B) International Association of Minority Chiefs and Sheriffs
C) National Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs
D) African American Law Enforcement Union
Answer: A
Q2) Many police departments use ______________ for hiring chief executives and for promotional testing.
Answer: assessment centers
Q3) According to John Broderick,__________________ are officers who place high value on due process and individual rights.
Answer: idealists
Q4) The ____________ of policing views the police officer as a teacher who frequently uses informal sanctions rather than making arrests.
Answer: service
Q5) The existence of multiple police roles can lead to the problem of
Answer: role conflict
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Chapter 3: On Patrol: Methods and Menaces
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Q1) Regarding police patrol,which of the following was not one of the changes put into effect in some jurisdictions across the nation as gas prices recently escalated?
A) Officers turning off their ignitions when their vehicle was stopped and idling for more than a minute
B) Switching to lower octane gasoline and installing GPS receivers
C) Limiting officers to 20 miles of driving per day, and five miles walking their beat
D) State troopers sitting and monitoring traffic rather than cruising the highways
Answer: C
Q2) Patrol cars provide which of the following?
A) Sanctuary
B) Necessary tools
C) Representation of authority
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Q3) Choosing not to enforce a law is a form of ________.
Answer: discretion
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Chapter 4: Community-Oriented Policing and Problem Solving
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Q1) Revamping the DARE program meant reducing:
A) the amount of money needed
B) the lecturing role of the police officers
C) the number of schools utilizing the program
D) information
Q2) Intelligence-led policing and community-oriented policing are not compatible.
A)True
B)False
Q3) List two commonalities between community-oriented policing (COPPS)and problem-oriented policing (POP).
Q4) The problem solving process,known as S.A.R.A,stands for:
A) solving, analysis, researching, and arrests
B) surveying, assessing, reporting, and approach
C) scanning, analysis, response, and assessment
D) selecting, applying, reinforcing, and authority
Q5) The CPTED principle of _________ uses elements such as doors,fences,and gates to deny access to a crime target.
Q7) __________ policing emphasizes police and criminal justice scholar partnerships. Page 6
Q6) __________ such as Facebook and Twitter help the police stay connected to the community.
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Chapter 5: Criminal Investigation: The Science of Sleuthing
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Q1) The impact of the CSI effect on criminal justice processing is not clear.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The theory that a cross-transfer of evidence occurs whenever any person comes into contact with an object or another person is:
A) the Bertillon system
B) Locard's exchange principle
C) the principle of anthropometry
D) the basis of psycholinguistics
Q3) An investigation is deemed successful when:
A) an arrest is made
B) the crime being investigated is solved and the case closed
C) all possible physical evidence has been analyzed
D) all participating agencies have cooperated amiably
Q4) The origins of criminalistics are:
A) European
B) American
C) French
D) Italian
Q5) ___________ are elected lay individuals who conduct death investigations.
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Chapter 6: Personnel Issues and Practices: Stress, labor
Relations, higher Education, and Private Police
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Q1) When officers believe their rights have been violated,they may file a
Q2) Which is not one of the three basic models of collective bargaining in the states?
A) Binding arbitration
B) Dual bargaining
C) Bargaining not required
D) Meet and confer
Q3) The FLSA was enacted specifically to protect the rights and working conditions of governmental employees.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Stress that is positive in nature is known as eustress.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The accumulation of many stressful events over time is known as:
A) chronic stress
B) eustress
C) traumatic stress
D) homeostasis
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Chapter 7: Rule of Law: Expounding the Constitution
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Q1) Which is not one of the three principles that establish the rule of law?
A) The law of the U.S. Constitution as a consequence of the rights of individuals as defined and enforced by the courts
B) The dominance of the ends over the means
C) Equality before the law
D) Absolute supremacy or predominance of regular law as opposed to the influence of arbitrary power
Q2) In which situation are the police permitted to conduct a consent search?
A) The police ask for and receive consent to search a house but do not inform the homeowners that they have the right to refuse consent.
B) The police receive consent to search a house after falsely telling the homeowner that they have a search warrant.
C) The police request permission to search a home for contraband. One homeowner refuses to give permission but the other consents.
D) The police may conduct searches in all of these situations.
Q3) The Supreme Court has ruled that the ?????______________ warning does not need to be given verbatim.
Q4) Stand your ground laws expand the common law ____________ doctrine
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Chapter 8: Accountability: Ethics, use of Force, corruption, and Discipline
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Q1) Explain five of the areas (e.g.,residency,moonlighting)in which the police-by virtue of the higher standards of conduct placed on them by society-have constitutional limitations placed on their actions.
Q2) According to the model of circumstantial corruptibility,the level of corruptibility is determined by the role of the ______.
Q3) Police departments may develop policies limiting what officers may post on social networking sites even when the officers are not on duty.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _______ means that the police will treat all people with dignity and respect and in a lawful manner.
A) Ethics
B) Character
C) Accountability
D) None of the above
Q5) The two principal areas in which discipline is applied are ___________ and
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Q6) Noble cause corruption stems from Packer's ___________ orientation.
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Chapter 9: Civil Liability: Failing the Public Trust
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Q1) Federal,state,and municipal governments all have sovereign immunity against lawsuits filed them in federal courts.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Supreme Court held that in high-speed pursuits,officers could be held liable only for activities that:
A) shock the conscience
B) show reckless indifference to life
C) indicate a preponderance of evidence
D) involve police vehicles traveling too fast for existing conditions
Q3) Discuss the pros and cons of giving police qualified immunity from Section 1983 lawsuits.Why should police have any immunity? Why should police not have absolute immunity?
Q4) Explain how police facilities may bring about police liability.
Q5) Police generally are not liable for __________ conduct on the part of a detainee that results in injury to that detainee.
Q6) Title 18,Section 242 of the U.S.Code allows officers to be held ________ liable for misconduct.
Q7) Define what is meant by a "frivolous" lawsuit.
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Chapter 10: Federal and State Agencies: Protecting Our
Borders and Freedom
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Q1) Describe the primary functions and organization of state law enforcement agencies.
Q2) IRS agents are authorized to execute search warrants and make arrests without warrants for internal-revenue offenses.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain the key differences between federal and state law enforcement agencies.What are the advantages and disadvantages of working in each type of agency?
Q4) The _______ investigates counterfeiting.
Q5) Which of the following major law enforcement agencies is not included in the Department of Homeland Security?
A) U.S. Customs and Border Protection
B) The Immigration and Customs Enforcement
C) The Federal Bureau of Investigation
D) The U.S. Coast Guard
Q6) Counterterrorism constitutes more than half of the FBI's workload today.
A)True
B)False
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Q7) Most federal agencies train their agents at the __________________.
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Chapter 11: Municipal and County Agencies: Organization, administration, and Roles
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Q1) Which function is not commonly associated with the job of county sheriff?
A) Service of civil process
B) Serving as bailiff of the court
C) Enforcing state statutes and municipal ordinances
D) Maintenance and operation of jails
Q2) Discuss the possible problems police administration face in regards to political influence.
Q3) Policing is based on a quasimilitary,pyramidal organization structural.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The basic organizational chart of a small police agency tends to be more pyramidal than that of a large police department.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The ______________ through which a communication is conveyed is very important,as it affects the importance placed upon that communication.
Q6) Captains and lieutenants are the _____________ of a police department.
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Q7) ____________ involves using nonsworn personnel for functions traditionally performed by sworn officers.
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Q1) Members of older gangs are more likely to be involved in violent and property crime than are members of gangs that formed more recently.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In 2001,the use of by bioterrorists in the United States illustrated people's vulnerability to biological weapons.
A) anthrax
B) smallpox
C) the plague
D) botulism
Q3) Which of the following is not an advantage of open-air drug markets for both buyers and sellers?
A) Buyers know where to go in order to find the drugs they want.
B) Buyers can weigh quality against price.
C) They are generally safer because sellers are in the open and carry no weapons.
D) Sellers are able to maximize customer access.
Q4) Describe the changes in police protocols for dealing with active shooter situations and explain why these changes have been made.
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Chapter 13: Addressing People Problems: Immigrants, youth
Crimes, hate Crimes, the Mentally Ill, and Homeless
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Q1) Currently,about _________ illegal aliens live in the United States.
A) 2.5 million
B) 6 million
C) 11.5 million
D) 20 million
Q2) The United States has the highest incarceration rate of juveniles in the world.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Review the problems associated with underage drinking and describe some of the responses that have been successfully employed by the police to address this issue.
Q4) Children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants are known as _________________.
Q5) Youth gun violence is related to several other problems,including:
A) armed bank robberies
B) underage drinking
C) hate crimes
D) hostage-taking of teachers
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Q6) Since 2007,the number of immigrants entering the United States illegally has
Chapter 14: Technology Review: Uses the Good, concerns the Bad, and Legislation
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Q1) UAVs are used by the police for surveillance and target spotting.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not possible using San Diego's ARJIS interactive crime mapping system?
A) Learning about crime in one's local area
B) Getting information about citizen patrol
C) Getting personal information about patrol officers
D) Learning about crime data for certain days of the week
Q3) California's CALGANG software package contains information about:
A) the places individual gang members frequent and the cars they drive
B) the activities of the Hell's Angels
C) members of China's Tong gang who are expected to migrate to the state in large numbers
D) None of the above
Q4) According to the Supreme Court,it is a violation of the _______ Amendment for the police to attach a GPS device to a suspect's vehicle without a search warrant.
Q5) Explain computerized crime mapping and how it can be used by law enforcement.
Q6) Explain the steps in the "kill chain" and the best way to prevent these attacks.
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