When Mark Willman and John Snortum Duplicated the Rand and PERF

question 38

Multiple Choice

When Mark Willman and John Snortum duplicated the Rand and PERF findings in a study of detective work in 1984, they found that in cases reported to a suburban police department, most cases that were solved when ______.

• A)the victim identified the perpetrator in a photo line-up
• B)the perpetrator was identified as a "person of interest"
• C)the perpetrator confessed
• D)the perpetrator was identified at the scene of the crime

Understand the mechanisms and implications of electronic surveillance.

Analyze the ethical dimensions of information privacy.

Identify ethical frameworks and apply them to evaluate privacy scenarios.

Recognize the importance and challenges of green IT within ethical decision-making.

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Definitions:

Formal Rationality

A decision-making process focused on efficiency, predictability, calculability, and dehumanization, often associated with bureaucratic organizations.

Industrial Era

A period in history characterized by significant technological advancements and the rise of industrial production from the late 18th to the early 20th century.

Bureaucracy

An organizational structure characterized by hierarchical authority, rigid division of labor, written rules, and impersonal relationships, primarily in governmental and large institutional settings.

Rational-legal Authority

A form of leadership in which authority is largely tied to legal rationality, legal legitimacy, and bureaucracy.