Ethics and Moral Behavior
Situations when it is difficult or challenging for an individual to make a decision either because the right course of action is not clear or easy.
What is an ethical dilemma?
This Amendment specifically articulates a citizen's rights to Due Process.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
Name the two missions of the police.
What are Crime fighters and Public servants?
Two types of proactive investigations.
What are informants and undercover operations?
There are three themes in a discussion of justice. Impartiality is one. Name the other two.
What is equality and fairness?
Learning consists of these two approaches.
What is modeling and reinforcement?
SWAT was formed under this police model.
What is the Warrior model?
This is when our attitudes or stereotypes affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious way.
What is implicit bias?
Decisions that can be judged as ethical or unethical involve four elements: an act, only human acts, must affect others and this?
What is free will?
The three explanations on how people develop their moral systems.
What are biological, learning and Kohlberg's moral stage theory.
Noble-cause corruption is when the "ends justify the means" even if it is wrong, unethical or illegal. What is another name for this concept.
What is the dirty harry problem.
Discrimination occurs when a discretionary decision-maker such as a police officer, treats a group or individual differently from others for no justifiable reason based upon this.
What is their race, gender, sexual identity or socio-economic status?
This ethical system believes in the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
What is Utilitarianism?
This is a Due Process right? There are several, name one.
What is Notice of charges, Neutral hearing body, Right of cross-examination, Right to present evidence, Representation of counsel, Statement of findings, Appeal
Police control consists of four elements. Name one of them.
What is authority, power, persuasion and control?
When a police officer stops a person (black or Hispanic) on a minor driving infraction with the intent to search the vehicle.
What is a pretext stop?
When discussing ethical systems, this discipline investigates the meaning of ethical systems, their origins and whether they are relative or universal
What is meta ethics?
This was one of the main criticisms of Kohlberg's Moral Stage Theory.
What is he only interviewed boys.
Portland defunded the police. Name one other city that wanted to defund the police.
What are Los Angeles, Seattle, Oakland, Eureka, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Steamboat Springs, Denver, Oklahoma City, Norman, Austin, Minneapolis, Madison, Columbus, Boston, New York City, Baltimore, Washington DC and Philadelphia.
Factors correlated with excessive use of force.
What are characteristics of the target, officers, department, situational characteristics and psychological traits?