CASE 7.2
Detective Smith is a fourteen-year police veteran who has been working in internal affairs for the past four years. He was assigned to internal affairs to investigate allegations of police misconduct and corruption. While working as a police officer, he put himself through law school in the evenings and received his law license six years ago. Although he enjoyed being a road patrol officer, he feels it is more important to protect the citizens of the community against the few corrupt police officers who may exist on his police force.
-Detective Smith often becomes disenchanted with the officers that he investigates. However, he refuses to believe that all officers are corrupt. He expresses unenforceable laws govern moral standards and promote corruption because they create large groups with an interest in undermining law enforcement. Detective Smith is likely to believe that the cause of many cases of corruption is:

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Detective Smith believes that unenforceable laws governing moral standards promote corruption, indicating that he sees moral ambivalence as a cause of corruption.

CASE 7.2 Detective Smith Is a Fourteen-Year Police Veteran Who Has Been