What are areas of concern when working with informants?

What will be an ideal response?


Information gathering is a complex process that raises many ethical and legal questions regarding the techniques used by investigators. For example, when police pay informants for information, critics argue that the informant might be tempted to entrap per- sons into committing crimes so that the informant can realize some income.

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Blake and Mouton's Managerial Grid suggests that the _____ leadership style demonstrates low concern for people, production, and goal achievement

a. impoverished b. country club c. produce or perish d. middle-of-the-road e. team

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The paradox of dispossession means that

A. someone has nothing of value to threaten B. someone has detached themselves from caring about things of value C. the nastier one's reputation, the less nasty one has to be D. the crazier the victim of coercion, the less effective the threat

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Give a reason why a theory might be discarded

What will be an ideal response?

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The system and philosophy of juvenile justice that began in the United States during the social reform period of the late 19th century was based on the idea that the state should act as a(n) ____ in advancing the interest of the child

a. parent b. teacher c. caretaker d. spiritual advisor

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