Police officers typically are called upon to exercise discretion when on patrol. Given the chapters observations on choice and free will:
1)In what ways or in what situations might the choices of officers be constrained?
2)How does the concept of soft determinism help us understand mens rea and criminal responsibility?
If humans react defensively and aggressively to invasions of personal space:
3)How much does territoriality and critical mass help account for the problem of prison violence?
Source: Williams and Arrigo, Ethics, Crime and Criminal Justice 2nd Edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2012. Chapter 3
4, If MNaughten had been correct, Peel intentional and forcefully caused MNaughten to suffer failure and losses, would it have been morally right for
MNaughten to shoot peel in the back? If your answer is no, do you think it morally righto have found MNaughten not guilty by reason of insanity? Explain your answer
5. John Hinckley was placed in a mental hospital after he attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan (see above). Recently a Federal District court
allowed Hinckley to be released for a short period of time to visit with his family. The Justice Department tried to prevent his release claiming he was still insane. Do you
think it is ethical to allow him to leave the institution to visit his family? If he is diagnosed as cured no longer mentally ill he can be released legally from the mental
institution permanently. is it ethical to release him. Explain your answer
1)In what ways or in what situations might the choices of officers be constrained?
2)How does the concept of soft determinism help us understand mens rea and criminal responsibility?
If humans react defensively and aggressively to invasions of personal space:
3)How much does territoriality and critical mass help account for the problem of prison violence?
Source: Williams and Arrigo, Ethics, Crime and Criminal Justice 2nd Edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2012. Chapter 3
4, If MNaughten had been correct, Peel intentional and forcefully caused MNaughten to suffer failure and losses, would it have been morally right for
MNaughten to shoot peel in the back? If your answer is no, do you think it morally righto have found MNaughten not guilty by reason of insanity? Explain your answer
5. John Hinckley was placed in a mental hospital after he attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan (see above). Recently a Federal District court
allowed Hinckley to be released for a short period of time to visit with his family. The Justice Department tried to prevent his release claiming he was still insane. Do you
think it is ethical to allow him to leave the institution to visit his family? If he is diagnosed as cured no longer mentally ill he can be released legally from the mental
institution permanently. is it ethical to release him. Explain your answer
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