Criminal Justice
"Doing the right thing even when no one is watching" best describes - correct answer ✔✔Ethics
In the criminal justice system, the concept that ethics is not important and that the more important
thing is that we identify, convict, and lock up someone for a crime. - correct answer ✔✔False
A person's ethics are most founded in - correct answer ✔✔
In which of the following is the concept of ethics most important? - correct answer ✔✔The police,
courts, and corrections.
The viewpoint that something is right or wrong or black or white with no room for any other conclusion,
describes - correct answer ✔✔Absolute ethics
Officer Bill has investigated Mary's burglary. He is certain that John Badman is the guilty person, but lacks
evidence to get a search warrant. He watches John leave his house one day, and when he is out of sight,
walks around to the back of his house and "jimmies" the ill-fitting back door. He walks in and sees some
of Mary's items reported as stolen, and leaves the house. He then gets a search warrant for the house,
telling the court that he was walking by the house, and from the sidewalk [where he had a right to be] he
could see one of her stolen items through the open window. The court grants the search warrant and
Officer Bill searches John Badman's house and arrests him for the crime. This is an example of _____
corruption. - correct answer ✔✔Noble Cause corruption
Ayoob runs a Mediterranean corner grocery in an ethnic neighborhood. He gives Officers Smith and
Jones discounts on their sandwiches from his little delicatessen. This best defines - correct answer
✔✔Acceptance of gratuities
That officers start off by accepting free coffee and move on to demanding half-priced meals and other
gratuities is an example of - correct answer ✔✔slippery slope of corruption
, Because of their immense power of discretion, prosecuting attorney's must closely guard their ethical
behavior. - correct answer ✔✔True
The strength of the organizational subculture in corrections institutions can be more powerful than rules
of conduct published by administrators, legislative actions, or agency policies. - correct answer ✔✔True
Lex Talionis - correct answer ✔✔based on the premise eye for an eye
Common Law - correct answer ✔✔A legal system based on custom and court rulings. What our current
law is based on
Statute - correct answer ✔✔Law passed by Congress
Federal Law - correct answer ✔✔U.S. Constitution, Federal Statutes, Administrative laws, Federal
common law
State Law - correct answer ✔✔State constitutional law, State statutes, State common law
Substantive Law - correct answer ✔✔Governs how members of a society should behave
Procedural Law - correct answer ✔✔Laws that establish the methods of enforcing the substantive laws
Mens Rea - correct answer ✔✔Specific intent to commit a crime
Actus Reus - correct answer ✔✔A guilty act
Concurrence - correct answer ✔✔Requires both actus reus and mens rea to be convicted of a crime
Strict Liability - correct answer ✔✔Liability for committing action regardless of intent
"Doing the right thing even when no one is watching" best describes - correct answer ✔✔Ethics
In the criminal justice system, the concept that ethics is not important and that the more important
thing is that we identify, convict, and lock up someone for a crime. - correct answer ✔✔False
A person's ethics are most founded in - correct answer ✔✔
In which of the following is the concept of ethics most important? - correct answer ✔✔The police,
courts, and corrections.
The viewpoint that something is right or wrong or black or white with no room for any other conclusion,
describes - correct answer ✔✔Absolute ethics
Officer Bill has investigated Mary's burglary. He is certain that John Badman is the guilty person, but lacks
evidence to get a search warrant. He watches John leave his house one day, and when he is out of sight,
walks around to the back of his house and "jimmies" the ill-fitting back door. He walks in and sees some
of Mary's items reported as stolen, and leaves the house. He then gets a search warrant for the house,
telling the court that he was walking by the house, and from the sidewalk [where he had a right to be] he
could see one of her stolen items through the open window. The court grants the search warrant and
Officer Bill searches John Badman's house and arrests him for the crime. This is an example of _____
corruption. - correct answer ✔✔Noble Cause corruption
Ayoob runs a Mediterranean corner grocery in an ethnic neighborhood. He gives Officers Smith and
Jones discounts on their sandwiches from his little delicatessen. This best defines - correct answer
✔✔Acceptance of gratuities
That officers start off by accepting free coffee and move on to demanding half-priced meals and other
gratuities is an example of - correct answer ✔✔slippery slope of corruption
, Because of their immense power of discretion, prosecuting attorney's must closely guard their ethical
behavior. - correct answer ✔✔True
The strength of the organizational subculture in corrections institutions can be more powerful than rules
of conduct published by administrators, legislative actions, or agency policies. - correct answer ✔✔True
Lex Talionis - correct answer ✔✔based on the premise eye for an eye
Common Law - correct answer ✔✔A legal system based on custom and court rulings. What our current
law is based on
Statute - correct answer ✔✔Law passed by Congress
Federal Law - correct answer ✔✔U.S. Constitution, Federal Statutes, Administrative laws, Federal
common law
State Law - correct answer ✔✔State constitutional law, State statutes, State common law
Substantive Law - correct answer ✔✔Governs how members of a society should behave
Procedural Law - correct answer ✔✔Laws that establish the methods of enforcing the substantive laws
Mens Rea - correct answer ✔✔Specific intent to commit a crime
Actus Reus - correct answer ✔✔A guilty act
Concurrence - correct answer ✔✔Requires both actus reus and mens rea to be convicted of a crime
Strict Liability - correct answer ✔✔Liability for committing action regardless of intent
