Official Indiscretions: Considering Sex Bargains with Government Informants
Official Indiscretions: Considering Sex Bargains with Government Informants
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官方的轻率行为：考虑与政府线人进行性交易
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2006
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S. Kuo
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S. Kuo
这篇文章讨论了执法官员采用的一种令人震惊的新的惩罚性做法：要求被捕者作为秘密线人执行性任务。要求被捕的线人从事性活动以换取减轻或可能取消他们可能遭受的刑事处罚，引起了宪法方面的关切。举报人可以而且确实接受各种调查任务。但是，正如本文通过社会学研究所展示的那样，性任务与更传统的线人任务有着根本的不同。这一区别的重要性在于，虽然成年人无疑可以对性问题表示同意，但鉴于谈判这些交易的胁迫背景，这种同意的有效性是值得怀疑的。在没有真实同意的情况下，必须完成性任务的线人的身体完整性的实质性正当程序权利受到侵犯。因此，本文采取了必要的第一步，以确保有效的同意，并通过提供一个跨学科的分析，以解决这个以前被忽视的问题，避免宪法损害。
This article addresses an alarming new investigatory practice employed by law enforcement officials: requiring arrestees to carry out sexual tasks as confidential informants. Requiring arrestee informants to engage in sexual activities in exchange for a reduction or possible elimination of criminal penalties they might otherwise incur raises constitutional concerns. Informants can and do accept a variety of investigative assignments. But, as this article shows by drawing on sociological research, sex tasks differ fundamentally from more conventional informant undertakings. The importance of this distinction is that while adult individuals undoubtedly can provide consent to sexual matters, the validity of such consent is questionable in view of the coercive context for negotiating these deals. Without authentic consent, an informant who must complete a sex task suffers a violation of her substantive due process right to bodily integrity. Accordingly, this article takes an essential first step towards ensuring effective consent and avoiding constitutional injury by providing an interdisciplinary analysis to address this previously overlooked problem.