Description Violent crime in the United States peaked in the early 1990s. According to FBI figures, the violent crime rate dropped 51% between 1993 and 2018. However, six in ten Americans believe the current violent crime rate is higher than in previous years. Why do you believe this is so? Discuss two possible reasons. 2 […]
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Discuss Should Canadian Defence law be changed to allow entrapment of the accused as in the United States. The FBI is well known for setting up ‘sting operations’ to entice a person to commit an offence. It is permitted in the United States; should we allow it here too?
Paper details: Should Canadian Defence law be changed to allow entrapment of the accused as in the United States. The FBI is well known for setting up ‘sting operations’ to entice a person to commit an offence. It is permitted in the United States; should we allow it here too? Discuss
Discuss whether you think the FBI’s investigative techniques went too far. Did the FBI act under the color of any international laws or compacts, or did they “go off the reservation?” Do the FBI’s actions stand up to scrutiny under current US cyber laws?
In 2000, FBI special agents lured Russian cyber criminals Vasiliy Gorshkov and Alexey Ivanov to the United States with a ruse involving a job interview. The FBI also downloaded evidence of their crimes from computers in Russia. Using information from your classroom, additional materials provided by your instructor, and your own independent research, discuss whether […]
Explain the increased need for crime laboratories to be spread throughout the United States.
Crime laboratories started in Europe, when Dr. Edmond Locard, Director of the Crime Laboratory in Lyon, France, postulated the theory that an individual cannot enter or leave a location without leaving something of him- or herself behind and taking something from the location with him or her when leaving. This became the foundation for all […]
