Ch.14 The Future And Criminal Justice Ethics Full Test Bank

Chapter 14

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 01

1) The “prescription for the future” relating to criminal justice ethics includes which of the following considerations?

a. Organizational context

b. Modeling

c. Hiring toward the community

d. All of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 02

2) This term describes a hierarchy of positions, sets of rules, and a clear division of labor in a collective of individuals organized into a group to achieve specific goals.

a. Organizations

b. Organizational structure

c. Division of labor

d. None of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 03

3) A mix of interrelated labor processes that are both separated from one another, but also coordinated by managerial authority refers to an organization’s:

a. Complexity

b. Structure

c. Division of labor

d. Complex goals

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 04

4) A police department may have many competing and conflicting purposes, known as the agency’s:

a. Complexity

b. Structure

c. Division of labor

d. Complex goals

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 05

5) Reorienting an agency’s internal affairs division so that its operational mandate now has members of the unit meet with representatives from other units/divisions/offices in the agency to discuss ethical issues entails the agency being:

a. Ethically oriented

b. Ethically diverse

c. Ethically proactive

d. Ethically progressive

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 06

6) One way to encourage balance in the personal ideologies and values of criminal justice agency recruits is by emphasizing the importance of this during pre-employment screening, actual hiring processes, and training:

a. Just means

b. Diversity hiring

c. Ethical proactivity

d. None of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 07

7) Revamping the hiring and training process to moderate the powerful influence of crime control ideology on the behavior of trainees involves which of the following?

a. Occupational socialization

b. Modeling ethics

c. Ethical proactivity

d. Hiring toward the community

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 08

8) The Rampart Scandal that consumed the Los Angeles Police Department for a long period during the late 1990s illustrates which of the following?

a. Modeling ethics

b. The organizational context of ethics

c. Hiring toward the community

d. Complex goals of the organization

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 09

9) Being terminated for failing to report potentially illegal or unethical behavior of others employed by a criminal justice agency illustrates which of the following?

a. An agency’s procedure

b. An agency’s goals

c. An agency’s policy

d. An agency’s complexity

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 10

10) Presuming that all individuals coming into contact with the criminal justice system are guilty:

a. Leads to a lack of resources (e.g., investigators, forensic experts) for indigent defendants and their attorneys

b. Encourages police officers to circumvent both law and ethics, and engage in noble cause misconduct

c. Helps sustain a plea-bargaining system that pressures defendants to plead guilty, sometimes to crimes they did not commit

d. All of the above

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 14 Question 11

11) _________ are collectives of individuals organized into groups with identifiable boundaries and internal structures, engaging in activities designed to achieve a set of goals.

a. Organizations

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 14 Question 12

12)_________ describes a set of offices organized into a hierarchy, with a clear division of labor, guided by formal rules.

a. Organizational structure

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 14 Question 13

13) _______ involves working toward diversifying agency personnel not only in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc., but also in terms of linguistic skills and values

a. Hiring towards the community

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 14 Question 14

14) Behavioral cues from higher-level organizational actors that send strong messages to underlings and recruits about how to behave themselves is known as ______________.

a. Modeling ethics

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 14 Question 15

15) _______ is balance in the personal ideologies and values of recruits.

a. Just means

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 14 Question 16

16) _______ is intended to moderate the powerful influence of crime control ideology on the recruitment, hiring, training, and socialization of criminal justice practitioners.

a. Hiring toward the community

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 14 Question 17

17) ________ occurs when, as part of the operational mandate of a criminal justice agency, members of an internal affairs unit regularly meet with representatives from other units/divisions/offices to discuss ethical issues.

a. Ethical proactivity

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 14 Question 18

18) Police departments, prosecutors’ offices, public defenders’ offices, the courts, prisons, probation and parole departments, and research institutions are all ________________.

a. Organizations

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 14 Question 19

19) ________________ refers to the goals to be achieved by an agency that provide direction but also serve as constraints or limits on the behavior of members.

a. Organizational purpose

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 14 Question 20

20) _______________ describes the process by which new members group acquire the attitudes and behaviors of the agency and includes both formal training and informal interactions with other agency members.

a. Occupational socialization

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 21

21) Organizations are collectives of individuals organized into groups with identifiable boundaries and internal structures, engaging in activities designed to achieve a set of goals.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 22

22) Importance/usefulness dilemma is the establishment of different qualifications as absolute requirements

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 23

23) Bona fide occupational qualifications state the more important is the performance evaluation for a candidate's career, the greater the likelihood evaluators are not going to provide useful distinctions among candidates.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 24

24) Ethical proactivity notes that as part of the operational mandate, members of a unit meet with representatives from other units/divisions/offices in the agency to discuss ethical issues.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 25

25) Just means is a balance in the personal ideologies and values of recruits.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 26

26) Ethical proactivity notes that administrators, managers, and supervisors have to model appropriate behavior

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 27

27) Division of labor contains many competing and conflicting purposes.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 28

28) Organizational structure notes that organizations possess a mix of interrelated labor processes that are both separated from one another yet are coordinated by managerial authority.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 29

29) Hiring toward the community is part of the operational mandate of units.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 14 Question 30

30) The organizational context of ethics is not important to the future of criminal justice ethics.

a. True

b. False

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 31

31) Have your personal views on criminal justice ethics changed as a result of what you have learned in this course? Explain how/why your views changed or remained the same.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 32

32) Discuss the “prescription for the future” of criminal justice ethics. In your answer, identify the major parts of the prescription and why each is important.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 14 Question 33

33) Why is “modeling ethics” so important in criminal justice ethics? Explain.