Define and provide distinctions between acceptable and deviant lying by police.

What will be an ideal response?


Deviant lying refers to occasions when officers commit perjury to convict suspects or are deceptive about some activity that is illegal or unacceptable to the department or public in general. As an example of accepted lying, in Illinois v. Perkins, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police undercover agents who are posing as inmates are not required to administer the Miranda warning to incarcerated inmates when investigating crimes.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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On many occasions, India has drawn attention to the presence of training camps in neighboring Kashmir and Afghanistan. Terrorists are trained and equipped to carry out operations in which particular Indian states?

a. Srinagar and Kashmir b. Kashmir and Jammu c. Katmandu and Jammu d. Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh

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Identify the two reasons why the prison population is aging. What consequences does this have for corrections?

What will be an ideal response?

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The type of saw blade used to dismember a body can be determined by examining the cut surface of the flesh

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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