Compare and contrast the ways an undercover operation can benefit and hinder a criminal investigation

What will be an ideal response?


• Undercover work and surveillance are viable options for police investigators because they provide considerable information that is not otherwise available through traditional investigative methods. On the other hand, undercover work forces the officer to assume a different identity and, sometimes, a lifestyle that thrusts him or her into the criminal subculture, where he or she can be tempted to do things that would otherwise be immoral or even illegal (e.g., using illegal drugs). Undercover operations may also result in entrapment or additional criminal activity.

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Explain Rawls’ “difference principle” and provide an example.

What will be an ideal response?

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Blast resistant measures are designed to completely suppress the results of an explosion

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The British have introduced intended to impede the planning of terrorist attacks by placing restriction on suspected persons’ freedom of movement and association.

a. Control orders b. Active orders c. Freedom orders d. Liberation orders

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Which of the following acts was important for the continuation of drug courts through federal funding under the Clinton Administration?

a. the 1994 Crime Act b. the Federal Lautenberg Act c. the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 d. 1996 Homestead Drug Act

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