In an effort to better understand the principle of beneficence, consider this idea of promoting good and preventing evil. Discuss examples from everyday life of how people might behave so as to follow this rule. Then discuss police-related examples of how one might apply beneficence on the job.

What will be an ideal response?


Decision to cite or arrest based on circumstances, involvement in community oriented policing, quality of life issues.

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Making a legal arrest, gaining information for warrants, or even preventing crime can all be the result of:

a. criminal profiling. b. surveillance. c. entrapment. d. pretextual traffic stops.

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By the mid-1990s, approximately one-half of all American companies had established drug testing procedures for employees and job applicants even though they are not required by law

a. True b. False

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The ________ protects us from government railroading

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Since 1990, there have been no cases in which parents have been ordered to serve time in jail because their children have been truant from school

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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