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Question #1
Applying a consequentialist approach to counterterrorism means:
A.
Asking whether our policies will render citizens more secure in the long term
B.
Accepting the unavoidable consequences of our policies
C.
Asking whether there will be any consequences to our anti-terrorism policies
D.
Not worrying about the consequences
Question #2
As a result of activism and the social activism of the late 1960s, many inmates, especially minorities, were provided with a political rhetoric and ideology that radicalized prisons.
A.
Prosecutorial
B.
Inmate
C.
Celebrity
D.
Judicial
Question #3
Employing the _________ as a counterterrorist strategy enabled administration lawyers to differentiate attacks targeting terrorists from banned assassinations and to rationalize such targeting as lawful operations against enemy combatants.
A.
Enemy paradigm
B.
War paradigm
C.
Terrorism paradigm
D.
Drone paradigm
Question #4
In light of the costs of incarceration, what new class of prisoner has been created?
A.
Debtors
B.
Vice
C.
Violent
D.
Property
Question #5
In many institutions, guards have engaged in corruption of authority. This means that the guards, for a variety of reasons, have:
A.
Become members of prison gangs.
B.
Refrained from enforcing certain prison rules and regulations.
C.
Begun directly disobeying orders from superiors.
D.
Begun taking monetary bribes from prisoners.
Question #6
In the prison environment, prison guards are often forced to tolerate minor rule violations, petty stealing, and making concessions to inmate leaders in order to:
A.
Retain their discretion
B.
Maintain power
C.
Treat inmates ethically
D.
Gain respect of inmates
Question #7
In which Supreme Court case did the Court rule that in regards to juvenile offenders, a sentence of life without parole for those convicted of noncapital offenses was a violation of the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment?
A.
Reynolds v. Florida
B.
Kenny v. Indiana Youth Center
C.
Graham v. Florida
D.
United States v. Shallet
Question #8
Infotainment is defined as:
A.
Using entertainment to reenact criminal events
B.
The marketing of edited, highly formatted information about the world in entertainment media vehicles
C.
Using the media to report fictitious events so law enforcement can catch the real criminal
D.
The placement of crime stories on television late at night hoping a viewer will be able identify the offender
Question #9
Ironically, in a departure from an era of policies of rehabilitation, the get-tough, sanctions of both the Nixon and Reagan Wars on Drugs resulted in such an increase in the national prison population (where there was a disproportionately high number of blacks, Hispanics, and women), that some states turned to:
A.
Three-strikes laws
B.
Treatment programs to reduce jail and prison populations
C.
Sentencing guidelines
D.
Work release programs to reduce jail and prison populations
Question #10
It is suggested that the worldwide media, in an age of globalization, constitute:
A.
The primary source of news
B.
A site for the construction of a moral order
C.
A monopoly so that news is consistent
D.
A responsible path for discussion of moral issues
Question #11
Mandatory minimum sentences are arguably unethical because they:
A.
Are not applied to all offenders convicted under such statutes
B.
Result in disproportionately severe sentences
C.
Do not reflect the will of the majority
D.
Have no incapacitate effect
Question #12
Many definitions of terrorism exclude state terrorism. State terrorism is terrorism:
A.
Against a state in the United States.
B.
By the military against a civilian government.
C.
By one part of government against another part of the same government.
D.
Committed by government, sometimes against its own people.
Question #13
Many ethical issues among probation and parole officers arise from:
A.
Their control function
B.
Their heavy caseloads
C.
Their treatment function
D.
Their treatment and control functions
Question #14
Media accounts that engender moral panics amplify deviance and function as:
A.
Advocacy for greater levels of social control
B.
A warning to the public
C.
A key profit maker for the media
D.
Assistance to law enforcement to make an arrest
Question #15
Nonabsolutist ___________ would support torture in what are deemed to be catastrophic situations.
A.
Relativists
B.
Consequentialists
C.
Deontologists
D.
Absolutists
Question #16
Policy making on ethical grounds requires a calculated, philosophical analysis of the morality upon which the policy is based. This is not true for public policy making on:
A.
Cost-benefit grounds
B.
Due process grounds
C.
Political grounds
D.
Ideological grounds
Question #17
Prison guards have a myriad of ways of retaliating against troublesome inmates, short of writing tickets for rule violations. These are termed forms of:
A.
Social control
B.
Informal control
C.
Formal control
D.
Governmental control
Question #18
Public opinion on the new penal sanctions, like three-strikes sentencing laws, indicates that:
A.
While they approve of it, they do not believe it should be applied indiscriminately to specific offenders under specific circumstances
B.
The public is evenly divided on them
C.
There is widespread approval of them
D.
There is widespread approval of them
Question #19
Research reveals that community attitudes toward __________ are more negative than attitudes towards offenders in general.
A.
Prostitutes
B.
Murderers
C.
Drug offenders
D.
Sex offenders
Question #20
Since the mid-1970s public opinion and public policy on punishment have reflected increasing support for:
A.
Community-oriented corrections
B.
Punitiveness
C.
Treatment
D.
Rehabilitation
Question #21
Some believe that anti-terrorist activities that lead to operational excesses may nevertheless be morally justified under the principle of double effect, meaning:
A.
An unintended but unforeseen morally bad effect of an action can be excused if both the action and the intended effect are morally permissible
B.
The activities are morally permissible if they produce two effects, so long as one is morally permissible.
C.
The activities are only morally impermissible if they produce two effects, both of which are morally impermissible
D.
An unintended but unforeseen morally bad effect of an action can be excused if both the action and the intended effect are morally impermissible
Question #22
Some oppose the ticking time bomb argument as a justification for torture because:
A.
It is not a realistic scenario
B.
It is a slippery slope, which could expand its use in other circumstances
C.
It is not likely to happen as its proponents claim
D.
It negates the autonomy and dignity of the individual
Question #23
The association between crime, minorities, and criminal justice policy making is underpinned by a substantial body of research that reveals that:
A.
Racial and ethnic minorities are responsible for a substantial amount of violent crime therefore creating policies favoring punitiveness
B.
Racial and ethnic minorities are responsible for a substantial amount of property and drug crime therefore creating policies favoring punitiveness
C.
Negative racial stereotypes and collective racial resentment are positively correlated with polices favoring punitiveness
D.
Negative racial stereotypes and collective racial resentment are negatively correlated with policies favoring punitiveness
Question #24
The ebb and flow of the social response to this category of crime continued until the 1980s, when the feminism movement brought increased attention to it, and greater legal restrictions resulted upon those found to have committed this type of crime:
A.
Drug crimes
B.
Homicides
C.
Sex offenses
D.
Kidnappings
Question #25
The exercise of by prison officers was not intended as a symbol of their power, but was rather a reflection of their sense of vulnerability.
A.
Violence
B.
Empathy
C.
Sympathy
D.
Coercion
Question #26
The legal system is depicted as an obstacle to crime fighting with complex procedures and trials as well as dramatic adversarial contests. In reality, though:
A.
Crime fighting is the complex part of the process
B.
Few accused actually go to trial and unexciting plea bargains are the norm
C.
The legal system makes it easier to fight crime because prosecutors know how to talk with the media
D.
The legal system is far more complex
Question #27
The media has been accused of perpetuating the image of the ideal victim by:
A.
Focusing only on the very young and the very old victims
B.
Focusing attention only on victims who meet that standard of victimhood
C.
Reporting sympathetic stories of victims who have also been charged with crimes
D.
Reporting, on the visual media, pictures of victims
Question #28
The prison represents a social system in which as attempt is made to create and maintain total or almost total social control.
A.
Medium security
B.
Minimum security
C.
Maximum security
D.
Supermax
Question #29
The purposes of the Prison Rape Elimination Act include all of the following except:
A.
Prioritization of the prevention of rape in each prison system
B.
Prisons who want to receive federal funding must eliminate prison rape by 85%
C.
Setting a zero-tolerance standard for prison rape
D.
Devising and implementation of national standards to detect, prevent, reduce, and punish rape
Question #30
The ticking bomb argument attempts to justify:
A.
Restricting rights during criminal processing of terrorist defendants
B.
Torture during interrogation
C.
Accidental killing of civilian non-terrorists
D.
Invading foreign countries
Question #31
The War on Drugs strengthened the association between blacks and crime. The truth, however, is that:
A.
Whites comprise almost 3/4 of illegal drug users and blacks 13%, a fact not usually incorporated in media accounts
B.
The War on Drugs focused on heroin, a drug often used by blacks, a fact not usually in the media
C.
Whites comprise almost 1/3 of illegal drug users and blacks almost 2/3, a fact often reported in the media
D.
Whites never have been engaged in drugs as much as blacks, a fact often reported in the media
Question #32
The _______________ principle states that a persons liberty may justifiably be restricted to prevent harm that that persons actions would cause to others.
A.
Morality
B.
Moral blame
C.
Reasonable standard of care
D.
Do no harm
Question #33
Those professing a belief in authority as well as those favoring legalistic authority agreed that full enforcement of institutional regulations would effectively cause the institution to cease operating because all inmates would be forever locked down for rule violations.
A.
Rewards
B.
Compliance
C.
Legalistic
D.
Personal
Question #34
Those who oppose the death penalty respond to the argument of supporters that it is justified by retribution by stating that ________ is sufficiently retributive.
A.
The prosecution process
B.
A life sentence
C.
A criminal conviction
D.
The court
Question #35
Unethical legislation and policies can sometimes be the result of a moral paniC. A moral panic is:
A.
An irrational and exaggerated response by the public to a perceived problem
B.
A public over-reaction caused by outdated public morals
C.
When an individual legislator or policy maker over-reacts to a problem
D.
When a small group of legislators panic and force through unethical legislation
Question #36
When prison guard recruits as a whole were asked to respond to hypothetical dilemmas involving inmates, most approved of a guard acting in a manner toward inmates.
A.
Empathetic
B.
Sympathetic
C.
Callous
D.
Retributive
Question #37
Which country created the Gender Recognition Act that resulted in the issuing of guidelines that mandate an establishment permits prisoners to consider themselves transsexual?
A.
United States
B.
Canada
C.
United Kingdom
D.
Australia
Question #38
Which of the following are reasons for adopting the war paradigm?
A.
All of the other answers
B.
It permits the employment of warlike measures concurrently with law enforcement measures
C.
It enables the executive branch of government to exercise wide powers under the authority of the president as commander-in-chief
D.
It gives the executive the leverage to demand almost any resources in the furtherance of winning the war
Question #39
Which of the following are the ethical arguments against targeted killing?
A.
All of the other answers
B.
Assassination violates U.S. values and principles because it is done in secret and is a display of the exercise of overbearing state power against individuals.
C.
Targeted killing calls into question the morality of U.S. foreign policy, which stresses human rights and democracy.
D.
Assassination is an immoral act and a form of politically motivated murder outside the bounds of the conventions of war and morality.
Question #40
Which of the following is an inaccurate comment about what is more newsworthy in the media in regards to crime?
A.
Victims who are perpetrated against by a stranger are considered more newsworthy than a victim who knows the perpetrator
B.
Crimes against children are considered more newsworthy than crimes against the adults
C.
Homicides are considered more newsworthy when the victim is white
D.
Rape is the most likely crime to be reported
Question #41
Which of the following is not a finding of recent research on prisons and prison guards?
A.
Prisons have cultures where guards are corrupted and prisoners are denied their humanity
B.
A humane correctional system is impossible given the dominant theory and practice of retribution
C.
Guards are increasingly using more excessive force
D.
Officer training emphasizes emotional detachment and degrading treatment
Question #42
Which of the following is not a norm in the typical informal prison guard code?
A.
Do not rat (inform on other guards)
B.
Always support fellow officers against inmate claims/allegations
C.
Do not lug (smuggle) drugs in to inmates
D.
Assist inmates in getting rehabilitated
Question #43
Which of the following is not an example of misuse of authority?
A.
Theft of new televisions from the prison loading dock
B.
Soliciting a fee from an inmate for finding him a job
C.
Extortion through mistreatment or harassment
D.
Accepting gratuities to protect illicit activity
Question #44
Which of the following is NOT an unethical manipulation technique that may be used by the media?
A.
Using persuasive interviewing techniques to influence others to disclose material they would normally not disclose
B.
When a journalist relies on an unsubstantiated argument without noting its weaknesses to produce a desired conclusion
C.
When a journalist makes an attempt in hard news to persuade using emotional rhetoric rather than fact
D.
Any intentional and successful influence of a person by noncoercively altering the actual choices available to the person or by non-persuasively altering the perceptions by others of those choices.
Question #45
Which of the following is not one of the results of overcrowding:
A.
A decrease in treatment programs
B.
Additional treatment and re-entry programs
C.
The imposition of additional behavioral controls
D.
Increase in recidivism
Question #46
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the media construction of crime?
A.
The media construction of crime will define what are thought to be the causes of crime
B.
The media construction of crime will identify what policies of crime control should be adopted
C.
The media construction of crime will reduce the seriousness of the crime
D.
The media construction of crime will define what acts are regarded as criminal
Question #47
While some argue that whistle-blowing is risky, could lead to retaliation, and should be avoided, there are case studies in which whistle-blowers:
A.
Lost their jobs
B.
Resigned before losing their positions
C.
Provided inaccurate information, to the detriment of the organization
D.
Had a positive effect in corrections
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