Stephen Coleman | Conflict of Interest and Police: an Unavoidable

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Stephen Coleman | Conflict of Interest and Police: An Unavoidable Problem
Coleman states that conflicts of interest arise when we must exercise judgment on behalf of another individual. Any sense of loyalty that influences our judgment can compromise our ability to be fair. Coleman discusses what kinds of conflicts of interest arise for police officers and what kinds of problems they lead to, and he offers methods for dealing with them. He concludes that what is unique to police is that they often face unavoidable conflicts of interest while still being duty-bound to curtail the rights of others.
-A genuine conflict of interest involves a(n) ___________ tending to make a person's judgment less reliable than normal.

• A) influence
• B) loyalty
• C) emotion
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies the center of a data set, often using the mean, median, or mode.

Variation

Differences or diversities in characteristics among individuals of a population, species, or between groups.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.