The issue of errors in a number of capital cases is a serious concern because it creates doubt about whether justice, a cardinal virtue, is served by capital punishment, especially since there is no way to correct a mistake. This is of greatest concern to which ethical system
When the commitment and desire to make the world a safer and better place becomes more important than the means to accomplish these goals, a police officer may be engaging in which type of corruption?
Police are prohibited from receiving gratuities because such gifts can often be given because people expect something in return (theory of reciprocity) for the gift.
What explanation for police corruption suggests the existence of an organized subculture within an agency, often characterized by secrecy, loyalty, and cynicism?
__________________ exists where the facts and circumstances within the officers knowledge and of which they have reasonably trustworthy information are sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that an offense has been or is being committed.
Sam, the serial killer, spent most of his life bouncing between foster homes; he hung out with Satanists; had a history of ADHD and chemical imbalances; and often heard voices in his head. These facts support a positivistic explanation of his criminal behavior.
According to the text, New York City experienced a remarkable drop in crime rate during the late 1990s because of aggressive police tactics against these sorts of offenses.
According to act consequentialism, an action is morally right if and only if it does not violate the set of rules of behavior whose general acceptance in the community would have the best consequences--that is, at least as good as any rival set of rules or no rules at all.
On the nightly news, a criminologist argues, “It is no surprise that the prisons are filled largely with poor and powerless people, rather than the middle and upper class.” This is an example of the _________________ explanation of crime.
According to utilitarian theory of right action, the right actions are right based solely on how much the action maximizes or produces the most happiness or absence of pain.
Ethical Problems occur in situations in which the CJ professional must choose between two or more relevant, but contradictory, ethical directives or when every alternative results in an undesirable outcome for one or more persons.
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