Law enforcement officers have used multiple techniques over the years to try to catch criminals in the act. One such technique is the use of undercover officers, who work in the field to gain information under a false persona. This tactic is often used to catch child predators in online chat rooms. These men and women of the law pose as young boys and girls in an effort to catch a predator before they can harm another child.
In the course of the transcript we were to read for class, the officer posed as a 12-year-old girl. To convince the predator jazzeman04 that he was talking to a 12-year-old girl the officer placed a deceptive picture on “her” profile. The officer was also keen on the current chat lingo, and communicated in the same manner a girl of her age would talk. There were also many references to dealing with her mother being at home or calling her repeatedly on the telephone. Lastly, the officer actually communicated with predator on the phone to try to convince him that he was indeed talking to a young girl.
During the course of the conversation, the officer is very ...
The New York City Police Department enacted a stop and frisk program was enacted to ensure the safety of pedestrians and the safety of the entire city. Stop and frisk is a practice which police officers stop and question hundreds of thousands of pedestrians annually, and frisk them for weapons and other contraband. Those who are found to be carrying any weapons or illegal substances are placed under arrest, taken to the station for booking, and if needed given a summons to appear in front of a judge at a later date. The NYPD’s rules for stop and frisk are based on the United States Supreme Courts decision in Terry v. Ohio. The ruling in Terry v. Ohio held that search and seizure, under the Fourth Amendment, is not violated when a police officer stops a suspect on the street and frisks him or her without probable cause to arrest. If the police officer has a “reasonable suspicion that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime” and has a reasonable belief that the person "may be armed and presently dangerous”, an arrest is justified (Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, at 30).
Being suspicious about someone is not necessarily bad for police officers, as long as you have a reason to suspect. For example, have you ever seen a person that you have never seen before, walk by your neighborhood? Law enforcement officers patrol the streets making sure there isn’t anything suspicious going on. There have been cases were the police have been accused of stopping people over for no reason. Some say they were racially profiled. Whatever the case is, police have to have reasonable suspicion to stop someone.
Depending on what study is read, the incidence of false confession is less than 35 per year, up to 600 per year. That is a significant variance in range, but no matter how it is evaluated or what numbers are calculated, the fact remains that false confessions are a reality. Why would an innocent person confess to a crime that she did not commit? Are personal factors, such as age, education, and mental state, the primary reason for a suspect to confess? Are law enforcement officers and their interrogation techniques to blame for eliciting false confessions? Regardless of the stimuli that lead to false confessions, society and the justice system need to find a solution to prevent the subsequent aftermath.
We have all watched television shows, we have heard the warnings, and have read numerous articles that expose internet predators and pedophiles. Most of us are aware of the dangers surrounding children and teenagers as they navigate the internet’s virtual world. There is no shortage of predators online. Chris Hanson has a very popular show called To Catch a Predator that has helped bring awareness to the public of this heinous crime against children, and while this is extremely important to know and prevent, there is another large segment of society that is at risk too. This paper will focus on this “other” population.
Police tactics around the world are used on a daily basis while resolving the crimes that occur day by day keeping the officers themselves safe and taking down the suspect effectively. The police around the world deal with various types of crimes every day during their shifts in their jurisdiction. These crimes can vary from lethal to non-lethal depending what psychological problem is occurring in the suspects head. With these issues a lot of methods of training are necessary along with the correct tactical gear and weapons to take on whatever may come their way during their time on the job. These methods are called police tactics.
Many of today’s interrogation models being utilized in police investigations have an impact on false confessions. The model that has been in the public eye recently is the social psychological process model of interrogation known as the “The Reid Technique.” There are two alternatives used by the police today to replace the Reid Technique, one is the PEACE Model and the other is Cognitive Interviewing. These methods are not interrogation techniques like Reid but interview processes.
Police often use deception as a form of discretion in law enforcement. Drug smuggling, pornography rings, and fences of stolen merchandise are investigated using undercover work or informants. Blue lies are used to control a
The publicity about online predators that prey on naive and inexperienced young children using trickery and violence is largely inaccurate. Internet sex crimes involving adults and juveniles more often fit a model of statutory rape which is adult offenders who meet, develop relationships with, and openly seduce underage teenagers than a model of forcible sexual assault or pedophilic child molesting (Wolak et. al., 2008). However, prepubescent children are even less vulnerable because their internet use is generally more supervised by the parents and guardian. In addition, they use the internet less for communication and are for developmental reasons, less interested in sex and relationships than adolescents.
To expound on that point a theme that has been used throughout each of these papers has been the word backwards,, twisted ect. Of course I used those words primarily as it relates to the bible because bible is right the Lord establishes what’s right meaning what is considered right and wrong he defines it and judges it and anything that is not his way is twisted crooked. One definition of the word perverse is crooked in this case we are referring to the law because the law to our countries law what we consider a crime. People are sent to jail based on what? In this context our law and jail is being used in a way that is false. To prove that our law and jail is being used in a way that is false we must began with the original source I realize
The process of using behavioral evidence left at a crime scene to make inferences about the offender, including inferences about personality characteristics and psychopathology, is called criminal profiling. Around the country, several agencies rely on the minds of criminal psychologists to lead them in the right direction in finding the correct offender. Criminal profiling provides investigators with knowledge of the appearance and behavior of a potential criminal. Criminal profilers are primarily employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, most commonly known as the FBI. (Walker)
Have we improved our ability to protect the country from similar threats in the future? Has law enforcement intelligence analysis improved? The short answer is that new initiatives and new tools are giving us a powerful advantage, but not all law enforcement agencies take advantage of them. Let’s take a look at the issues and draw some conclusions. In the aftermath of 9/11, many law enforcement agencies sought to establish new data repositories to capture information, such as Tips & Leads, Organized Crime Intelligence, Counter-terrorism Intelligence, and even Web-based and electronic document open-source data. There was a strong focus on collecting new and previously unknown information.
Recent advancements in technology have had a huge impact on the current criminal justice system. These new developments have made it easier for those in the field to track down criminals and help provide better evidence to support their cases. Things such as fingerprint databases, DNA testing, GPS tracking, and many other things have made it easier for prosecutors or defendants to prove their cases in court. This is very beneficial because with this new wave of technology officials are now able to provide more reliable and credible evidence in court. This current upsurge of technology will help benefit a lot people in the field. People such as law enforcement, falsely accused criminals, prosecutors, defendants, judges, the list just goes on and on. Technology has been has had a major impact on the criminal justice system, it is now been made easier to track down and catch criminals and made it so that the evidence provided at court is more reliable and credible.
Their actions can be deceiving. They manipulate people and situations, they coerce citizens, and are dishonest. They are encouraged and rewarded for their practices. Police officers often lie to suspects about witnesses and evidence. They are deceitful when attempting to learn about criminal activity. Most of these actions are sanctioned, legal, and expected. Although, police officers are allowed to be dishonest in certain circumstances, they are also required to be trustworthy, honest, and maintain the highest level of integrity. To perform their job effectively, police officers lie. They use deception, manipulation, and coercion to obtain information. Police officers often tell those suspected of committing crimes that they have physical evidence implicating the suspect when there is no such evidence. They tell suspects that they have witnesses who have identified or implicated the suspect, knowing full well the witness does not exist. Officers will tell suspects that a polygraph has shown that the suspect was lying when the officer knows that the polygraph did not indicate deception, or was inconclusive. Police officers will conceal their identity, and even deny that they are police officers while attempting to obtain evidence. Some of these practices are justifiable, others may create ethical concerns and some are beyond the law or ethical policing. Police officers abuse their power when they engage in
In looking at the Kansas City Patrol Experiment, it appears that adding more police officers has little or no affect on arrests or the crime rate. Please review the study and explain why more police does not mean less crime. Due Date March 11, 2005
In chapter five, the first type of policing style is the legalistic style, which is described as the least changeable to discretionary enforcement. Officers enforce the law objectively without making exceptions. In this type of style of policing, the police officer conducts themselves in a proper manner. The second type of policing style is the watchman style, describes police who define situations as threatening or serious depending on the groups or individuals involved, and act accordingly. The third type of policing style is the caretaker style, which treats citizens differently, depending on their relative power and position in society. Meaning that some people get breaks and others do not get breaks (Pollock p.112-113).