PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN CRIMINAL
JUSTICE BEING ETHICAL WHEN NO ONE IS
LOOKING COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED APLUS
●● The author of the textbook suggests that
_________________________________________ the location of the
most egregious cases of discriminatory law enforcement.
Answer: the southern border of the United States is
●● The___________________approach allows the officer to employ
increasing levels of force in direct response to escalating resistance of
the suspect.
Answer: continuum-of-force
●● ___________________________ is usually performed by police.
Answer: Justifiable homicide
●● A ______________________ is a legal agreement between the
Justice Department and a police department, which agrees to monitoring
and reform of certain practices to avoid a lawsuit.
Answer: consent decree
,●● In Barker and Carter's proposed typology of lies, those that are
considered "necessary evils" are known as__________________
Answer: tolerated lies
●● Lies that are used to control a suspect or to avoid the use of force are
called____________________
Answer: blue lies
●● __________________ is the program used by federal officials to
help obviate abuses in asset forfeiture.
Answer: Equitable sharing
●● According to Klockars, lying to a mentally ill person by telling
him/her that the police will take care of laser beams from Mars is an
example of _______________
Answer: police placebos
●● In Barker and Carter's proposed typology of lies,
__________________ are those used in the courtroom to make a case or
cover up a wrongdoing.
Answer: deviant lies
, ●● An informant may ____________________ without posing the
threat of being unreliable.
Answer: participate in a crime
●● One of the biggest problems with informants is that their reliability is
often highly______________
Answer: questionable
●● Generally, undercover actions are analyzed under
_____________________
Answer: utilitarianism
●● The term ______________ refers to an incident wherein an
otherwise innocent person commits an illegal act because of police
encouragement or enticement.
Answer: entrapment
●● The Supreme Court case ______________________ is the current
basis for evaluation of entrapment.
Answer: United States v. Russell
●● Wisnieski points out that_______________ set an extremely high bar
to prove outrageous government conduct.
Answer: United States v. Black
JUSTICE BEING ETHICAL WHEN NO ONE IS
LOOKING COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED APLUS
●● The author of the textbook suggests that
_________________________________________ the location of the
most egregious cases of discriminatory law enforcement.
Answer: the southern border of the United States is
●● The___________________approach allows the officer to employ
increasing levels of force in direct response to escalating resistance of
the suspect.
Answer: continuum-of-force
●● ___________________________ is usually performed by police.
Answer: Justifiable homicide
●● A ______________________ is a legal agreement between the
Justice Department and a police department, which agrees to monitoring
and reform of certain practices to avoid a lawsuit.
Answer: consent decree
,●● In Barker and Carter's proposed typology of lies, those that are
considered "necessary evils" are known as__________________
Answer: tolerated lies
●● Lies that are used to control a suspect or to avoid the use of force are
called____________________
Answer: blue lies
●● __________________ is the program used by federal officials to
help obviate abuses in asset forfeiture.
Answer: Equitable sharing
●● According to Klockars, lying to a mentally ill person by telling
him/her that the police will take care of laser beams from Mars is an
example of _______________
Answer: police placebos
●● In Barker and Carter's proposed typology of lies,
__________________ are those used in the courtroom to make a case or
cover up a wrongdoing.
Answer: deviant lies
, ●● An informant may ____________________ without posing the
threat of being unreliable.
Answer: participate in a crime
●● One of the biggest problems with informants is that their reliability is
often highly______________
Answer: questionable
●● Generally, undercover actions are analyzed under
_____________________
Answer: utilitarianism
●● The term ______________ refers to an incident wherein an
otherwise innocent person commits an illegal act because of police
encouragement or enticement.
Answer: entrapment
●● The Supreme Court case ______________________ is the current
basis for evaluation of entrapment.
Answer: United States v. Russell
●● Wisnieski points out that_______________ set an extremely high bar
to prove outrageous government conduct.
Answer: United States v. Black
