Which term describes the legal defense that police induced a person to commit a crime they were not predisposed to commit?

• A. Incident Report
• B. Field Notes
• C. Entrapment
• D. Cybercrime

Answer: (C)

Entrapment is a legal defense used when police or other law enforcement officers induce or persuade a person to commit a crime they would not have otherwise committed. The crucial point is that the defendant’s criminal intent must originate with the police’s actions, not with the person’s own predisposition. If someone is predisposed to commit the crime, or the idea came from the defendant themselves, the entrapment defense isn’t valid. This distinguishes entrapment from merely offering an opportunity or conducting a legitimate undercover operation.

Other choices don’t describe a defense: an incident report is just a police documentation of an event, and field notes are officer-recorded observations; cybercrime refers to a category of crime involving computers, not a defense.