Criminal Justice Worksheet

CJ210: Criminal Investigation

Unit 4 Worksheet

Student Name: _______________________________________________________

After reading the article, complete the following tables to provide the information for the following questions:

1. What were the top three types of crimes that the U.S. obtained wiretaps for?

2. What was the method of surveillance for each crime?   

3. How were the wiretaps obtained and with what authority?

Source: U.S. Courts (n. d.). Wiretap reports 2012. Retrieved from http://www.uscourts.gov/Statistics/WiretapReports/wiretap-report-2012.aspx

	Crime 1	Crime 2	Crime 3
Top three crimes where wiretaps were obtained
Surveillance Methods
How were the wiretaps obtained? What authority?

4. What is the purpose of bugs, pen registers, and beepers related to surveillance?

Bugs	Purpose:
Pen Registers	Purpose:
Beepers	Purpose: