How can an informant assist law enforcement officials? What services can informants provide investigators?

What will be an ideal response?


Make observations in areas where strangers would be suspect. Furnish information from a source not readily available to the investigator. Conduct “controlled” undercover transactions or introduce undercover agents to criminal suspects. Collect intelligence information (for example, determine street prices of drugs and identify suspects, their associates, and their residences).

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Thornberry, Ireland, and Smith (2001) conclude that persistent maltreatment has more negative consequences

a) when it is experienced only in childhood. b) when it continues into adolescence. c) the earlier in childhood it begins. d) when it is perpetrated by both parents.

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Which technique of neutralization occurs when an individual believes his actions were beyond his control?

a. Denial of responsibility b. Denial of injury c. Denial of victim d. Appeal to higher loyalties

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In 2002, President Bush signed a secret executive order allowing the NSA to ________ on Americans within the country without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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_______________ seeks to restore the victim and the community to its state of functioning prior to the criminal act, often involving numerous persons in the community in the reintegration of offenders and holding them accountable for their behavior. By bringing together victims, offenders, families, and other key stakeholders in a variety of settings, restorative justice helps offenders understand the implications of their actions and provides an opportunity for them to become reconnected to the community.

a. Restorative justice b. Broken windows thesis c. Community justice d. Collective efficacy

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