Exam 7: Police Corruption and Responses

Conflict-of-interest laws recognize the reality that accepting items of value from stakeholders compromises a public official's ________________.

A free meal for a police officer at a restaurant she patrols is:

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)is:

An important distinction between a gift and a gratuity is that a gift is:

Which of the following is not one of the "Big Five" personality traits?

Explain how "perverse incentives" such as COMPSTAT can lead to organizational corruption.

Compare and contrast the ethical dilemmas that arise from gratuities and discuss which might be ethically acceptable.

Explain the "continuum of compromise" as it relates to police misconduct, including how it might help supervisors recognize warning signs.

Norway is the only country above the United States in public perceptions of police integrity.

The computerized crime-counting program known as ____________ was designed to hold police officials accountable for their department's effectiveness, which led some to make improper arrests to bolster their numbers.

You have been hired to consult with the new chief of a police department that has been fraught with complaints of officer misconduct. After reviewing the reports of officer misconduct, you determine that they seem to be individual acts for the most part. You recommend an improved screening process, random integrity tests, and a process of reviewing use-of- force reports in order to detect possible warning signs. This approach is known as a ______________ response.

After completing your observations of Officer Jones, you are asked to summarize your observations for a study being conducted by an ethicist studying police behavior. In the above example regarding the driver who ran the red light, we could say that Jones' actions were unethical because he had a duty to enforce the law. This viewpoint would be consistent with a(n)___________ ethical system.

A 22-year study of New York City police officers found only 2 percent were terminated for misconduct.

List and describe Barker and Carter's types of abuse.

The "blue discount suit" refers to:

Noble-cause corruption is a type of organizational level explanation for police deviance.

Greene's study showed that the area an officer patrols is associated with the likelihood of receiving discipline, complaints, or becoming involved in police shootings.

According to Carter, the elements of police work that can lead to drug use include all of the following except:

"Graft" is defined in the text as the exploitation of one's role by:

Which of the following ethical lapses would be a crime?