As a patrol officer, you are only doing your job when you stop a car for running a red light.  Unfortunately, the driver of the car happens to be the mayor.  You give her a ticket anyway, but the next morning you get called into the captain's office and told […]

All questions are worth 20 points:  Is being both a crime fighter and a public servant too much to ask of the police? Does society need to choose what they want police to be, or are both reasonable to expect? Be sure to explain your answer, providing examples as needed. […]

What if you were part of the Innocence Project; what would you do if you only had the resources to help one falsely accused person? What criteria would you use to decide who to help? What severity or length of sentence would you consider? *Be sure to discuss a case […]

All questions are worth 20 points:   If you are an attorney, is there a point where nonlegal moral considerations supersede your ethical commitment to your client? If you were a defense lawyer and your client was innocent, but you could not prove it, would you violate ethical barriers in […]

You have some real concerns about your co-worker's treatment of offenders.  You hear him screaming obscenities at them in his office, and one time you saw him pat a female probationer on the rear end and say, "Be sweet to me and I'll keep you out of jail."  On the […]

All questions are worth 20 points: Explain the Zimbardo experiment and what it might imply for correctional professionals. Is the parole officer’s role to help the parolee stay out of prison or is it to simply identify any violation? If the parolee stumbles should the officers promptly return them to […]

 Thapa v. St. Cloud orthopedics,   File date, identify the plaintiff, the defendant, legal claims/ground by which the case was brought; identify the type of court hearing the case; the defense argument submitted; indicate the current status of the case and or the outcome of the case; how does the case […]