Criminal Inv-Ch 16, The Investigator as Witness and Ethical Awareness

Question 1

used as a euphemism for corruption and crime in US police and law enforcement agencies.

Answer 1

Ethics

Question 2

Law enforcement ethics includes two distinguishable topics:

Answer 2

corruption and noncorrupt misconduct

Question 3

Used in its traditional sense, involves an officers misuse of police authority for personal gain:

Answer 3

corruption

Question 4

This may involve issues such as excessive use of force, violation of a suspects constitutional rights

Answer 4

police misconduct

Question 5

Warns a person that criminal behavior is wrong, as well as unlawful and warns that misconduct on the job is wrong, substandard conduct.

Answer 5

Ethical awareness

Question 6

the jury’s not guilty verdict is influenced by mistrust of police witnesses

Answer 6

jury nullification

Question 7

Is care fairly and properly taken in response to the circumstances of a situation, such care as an ordinary prudent person would take in the same time frame, conditions.

Answer 7

Reasonable care

Question 8

Jump-starting an inner moral sense in decisions on the moral quality of actions and discriminating between right and wrong

Answer 8

Self-discipline and judgment

Question 9

Proactive supervision involves an acknowledgment of the existence of the _________ and the need to be ever vigilant for even the most minor unethical acts.

Answer 9

Continuum of compromise