Encyclopaedia of Sting Operations in Media and Journalism (ePub)

Sting operation is emerging as a very demandable area of study. In the present time prime news channels are getting popular day-by-day. No doubt the days belong to information and broadcasting. this is an encyclopedia to get informed and make you know what happens inside themes room and on the news desk. This encyclopedia also teaches you how to write news and a report after a sting operation the encyclopedia discusses all basic concepts in a simple way through extensive examples, The presentation of sting and its complex concepts are analyzed from all practical point of view This encyclopedia is extremely beneficial for the students of journalism and mass communication and research scholars working in this field. A sting operation is a deceptive operation designed to catch a person committing a crime. A typical sting will have a law enforcement officer or cooperative member of the public play a role as criminal partner or potential victim and go along with a suspect's actions to gather evidence of the United States, but not allowed in other countries such as Sweden. Sweden. Sting operations are fraught with ethical concerns over whether they constitute entrapment. Law enforcement may have to be careful not to provoke the commission of a crime by someone who would not otherwise have done so. Additionally in the process of such operation The police often engage in the same crimes such as buying or selling contraband solicit prostitutes, etc. in common law jurisdictions the defendant may invoke the defense of entrapment contrary to popular misconceptions however entrapment does not prohibit undercover police officers from posing as criminals or denying that they are police Entrapment is typically only a defense if a suspect is pressured into committing a crime they would probably not have committed otherwise though the legal definition of this pressure varies greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. for example if undercover officers coerced a potential suspect into manufacturing illegal drugs to sell them then the accused could use entrapment as a defense However if a suspect is already manufacturing drugs and police police as buyers to catch him then entrapment usually has mot occurred.