an informant that a man in a nearby car was carrying both narcotics and a weapon at his waist. Acting on this tip, the officer approached the respondent and asked him to open the door of his car. Williams instead rolled down the window, whereupon the officer reached into the window and into the respondent’s waistband, removing a gun. At trial Williams argued that the search was unlawful because both the stop and the seizure which followed it were based on very little - a tip from an informant…
By utilizing a number of methodologies; informant, formal interviews, a focus group, observations and internet research a broader view of the subject was acquired as opposed to only investigating with one. Berg and Lune (2012) described this as “triangulation.” They stated “By combining several lines of sight, researchers obtain a better, more substantive picture of reality; a richer, more complete array of symbols and theoretical concepts; and a means of verifying many of these elements”…
In this paper, the authors argue that rethinking about concept of Bhineka Tunggal Ika is necessary to accommodate various differences which occur in Indonesian society today including LBGT communities. Background The author argues that three circumstances which are usually have historical implication from a country with a diverse cultures: 1. Present discrimination 2. Historical injustice 3. State establishment of culture. Since its establishment, Indonesia has tried to accommodate…
Instead of acting openly against the elite interests among subordinated people, as hidden transcript theory might suggest, people were required to be much more secretive about their action, which in lead to a decline in the effectiveness of informants. Similarly, we can expect that in social setting, people would become more hesitant to open up at parties about their ideological deviations after seeing stories of…
tongue was stuck to its roof like plaster. While standing in front of the judge and jury I felt alone. Then as my former business partners, some staff members and friends testified against me, I knew I was alone. I hear them called by many names; informant, rat, and snitch are just a few. In prison they are the lowest form…
Fugitives” for more than 16 years before his arrest in June 2011, James Joseph Bulger Jr., popularly known as Whitey Bulger, accounted for over 19 murders, federal racketeering, extortion, conspiracy. He accomplished this all while working as an FBI informant in his days as part of Boston’s Southie Irish gang, the Winter Hill Gang. Whitey Bulger was born into a large Irish-American Catholic family on September 3, 1929, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was one out of six children in his home at…
Have you ever said or done something that you regret, but can never take back? Or felt certain about something, then to be proven wrong? Hundreds of mistakes happen everyday and many of them can be resolved. Wrongful execution is one of those irreversible ‘mistakes’. In law when someone has been blamed for a crime they didn’t commit and then recognised as innocent it is called exoneration. They are freed from blame and freed from prison. This process works until someone is wrongfully convicted…
The Miami River Cops The River cops scandal took place in the mid 1980’s in Miami Florida. On July 1985 its mysterious homicide right from the start. There were three bodies floating on the Miami River. The two bodies belonging to drug dealers and one to a Columbian officer. They weren’t shot nor beaten. They were just floating as if they drowned and that cause a suspicion to rise. What could have happened to them? This caused both the city and the nation into shocked. It started a…
Victimology Jane Doe was involved in two romantic relationships at the same time; an affair is considered a higher risk activity due to the strong emotion these relationships involve. Infuriation and heartbreak is likely to result if the new boyfriend were to discover Jane Doe had begun to see her past boyfriend. Moral judgment comes into question, too, which also can trigger more strong emotions. Anger will impair decision-making and alter perception. These factors are higher risk and increase…
apartment storage locker with narcotics. These police officers located the owner of the storage locker and he was arrested. Upon arrest, the informant stated that the narcotics found by the Carol Stream police officers were narcotics received by three Schaumburg Police officers and were to be sold by the informant on behalf of the police officers. The informant claimed that three Schaumburg Police officers were essentially running a robbery ring which included illegally entering individual…