Deck 10: Ethics of Criminal Justice Today: What Is Being Done and What Can Be Done

Question 1

According to the text, the dual essence of criminal justice includes the social order and the:

A) justice order
B) moral order
C) professional order
D) constitutional order

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Advocates of social order in criminal justice emphasize:

A) social norms and legal sanctions
B) economic well-being
C) the freedom to pursue happiness
D) all of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Advocates of moral order in criminal justice emphasize all of the following issues except:

A) principles of humanity
B) principles of fairness
C) principles of pragmatism
D) principles of righteousness

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Sam Walker's book Sense and Nonsense About Crime, Drugs, and Communities discusses:

A) many of the myths about criminal justice.
B) the ideal model
C) the serviceable model
D) all of the above

Question 5

According to the text, the serviceable model of criminal justice ethics is also known as the:

A) cynical model or "bureaucratic garage sale" model
B) ideal model
C) social order model
D) moral order model

Question 6

Which of the following is not as criticism of the serviceable model

A) It is arbitrary and irrational.
B) It is too idealistic.
C) It includes selective law enforcement.
D) It results in abuses of prisoners.

Question 7

According to Walker, most criminal justice decisions are:

A) fundamentally fair
B) irrational
C) arbitrary
D) both b and c

Question 8

Which of the following criminal justice agencies has been accused of failing to be a truth-seeking agency?

A) police
B) prosecution
C) courts
D) all of the above

Question 9

According to Dershowitz, the percentage of criminal cases (at the felony level) that eventually go to trial in most communities is:

A) 1 percent
B) 6 percent
C) 20 percent
D) 30 percent

Question 10

Focusing on which of the following is central to the study of ethics in criminal justice?

A) the social reality of crime
B) an emphasis on justice
C) arbitrary decisions
D) deception

Question 11

Studies indicate that approximately what percent of juveniles waive their right to an attorney?

A) Juveniles do not have the right to an attorney
B) 30 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 80 percent

Question 12

Which of the following is not an ideal goal or characteristic of the juvenile justice system?

A) School Resource Officers (SROs) who mentor youths in school.
B) SROs who arrest students for youthful misbehavior.
C) Defense attorneys who provide zealous defense of juveniles in court.
D) Juvenile correctional institutions that follow a cottage or family model.

Question 13

Which philosophical issue(s) dominates the body of criminal justice knowledge?

A) the social reality of crime
B) the nature of justice
C) the role of social control agencies
D) all of the above

Question 14

Approximately what percentage of juveniles released from youth prisons "fail," or are rearrested?

A) 20 percent
B) 40 percent
C) 70 percent
D) 90 percent

Question 15

Critics of the serviceable model scrutinize youth prisons for the presence of which of the following?

A) excessive isolation
B) sexual abuse
C) inadequate healthcare and education
D) all of the above

Question 16

Moral double bookkeeping involves keeping what two types of operational ledgers?

A) Civil and criminal
B) Probation and imprisonment
C) Public and internal
D) State and federal

Question 17

Criminal justice agencies primarily rely on which of the following to support their use of double bookkeeping strategies?

A) press conferences
B) social media
C) number crunching and unsubstantiated statistics
D) none of the above

Question 18

Which of the following are criticisms of the serviceable model of the administration of justice?

A) arbitrary decision-making
B) questionable motives for arrests
C) inhumane prisons
D) all of the above

Question 19

In part due to the "get-tough" movement, how many juveniles are serving a life without parole (LWOP) sentence?

A) 400
B) 42,000
C) 4,300
D) 2,300

Question 20

The ideal model is also referred to as the moral model.

Question 21

Under the serviceable model, decisions made by justice officials are often arbitrary and irrational.

Question 22

Critics of the ideal model argue that prisoners are treated as "dust and ashes."

Question 23

Quality criminal justice can be achieved through balancing the moral and the social order.

Question 24

According to Walker, under the serviceable model, sentences for similarly situated offenders are always equal.

Question 25

Police use of deception when interrogating suspects would be permissible under the ideal model.

Question 26

Public defenders are always given adequate resources for handling juvenile cases.

Question 27

In recent years, over half of the states in the United States have passed legislation which allows for juveniles to be processed in adult courts.

Question 28

Moral order pertains to societal concern for concepts like fairness and civility.

Question 29

Unlike the adult criminal justice system, the juvenile justice system has been very successful in addressing the problems and needs of juvenile offenders.

Question 30

Discuss the conflict between the ideal model and the serviceable model in the juvenile justice system. Are there other areas of the criminal justice system where problems are present? Explain why or why not. Hint: the death penalty is one possible example (recall Chapter 8).

Question 31

How might an imbalance between the moral order (matters of the spiritual) and the social order (matters of the world) negatively impact the criminal justice system? Do you believe the current state of the criminal justice system has an imbalance of the social or the moral order?

Question 32

Do you believe it is possible for the criminal justice system to solely operate under the "ideal" model? Are there enough resources (e.g., money, personnel, etc.) to do so? Explain why or why not.

Question 33

One might argue that if criminal justice agencies were more transparent with their practices (such as making certain internal data public), they might be more conscious of constitutional protections. Do you see any benefits or drawbacks to complete transparency? Explain.