In this assignment you will read a 2006 document from the Palm Beach Police. It is called a Probable Cause Affidavit. This is a statement or summary of an investigation by police why the prosecutor or judge should issue an arrest warrant. Read the Jeffrey Epstein Probable Cause Affidavit from 2006. In your 1-3 page memo, answer the following questions. What prompted the police to investigate Epstein? When did the investigation start? Why did it start? How were the police first alerted? What laws did the police believe Epstein was violating? What type of evidence did the Palm Beach Police collect? What did the evidence suggest Epstein was doing? Did the evidence indicate that Epstein had co-conspirators? What evidence corroborated the victims statements to police (pay attention to the execution of the search warrant). How did Epstein maximize his number of victims in Palm Beach? What is a pyramid scheme? How did Epstein’s criminal modus operandi reflect such a scheme? How did Epstein and others lure victims to his house? Did Epstein convert some of his victims into recruiters? What were the economic circumstances of Epstein’s Palm Beach victims? Was there consistency across victims in what they said happened? What did the term “work” mean in Epstein’s criminal vocabulary? How did Epstein escalate his behavior? In conclusion, please review the distinction between pedophile and child molester. Under definition of terms, this FBI training manual (see link below) distinguishes between pedophiles and child molesters. Was Epstein a pedophile, child molester, or both? Use evidence to make your case. https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/14925…

In this assignment you will read a 2006 document from the Palm Beach Police. It is called a Probable

Cause Affidavit. This is a statement or summary of an investigation by police why the prosecutor or
judge should issue an arrest warrant.
Read the Jeffrey Epstein Probable Cause Affidavit from 2006. In your 1-3 page memo, answer the
following questions.
What prompted the police to investigate Epstein? When did the investigation start? Why did it start?
How were the police first alerted?
What laws did the police believe Epstein was violating?
What type of evidence did the Palm Beach Police collect? What did the evidence suggest Epstein was
doing? Did the evidence indicate that Epstein had co-conspirators? What evidence corroborated the
victims statements to police (pay attention to the execution of the search warrant).
How did Epstein maximize his number of victims in Palm Beach? What is a pyramid scheme? How did
Epstein’s criminal modus operandi reflect such a scheme? How did Epstein and others lure victims to
his house? Did Epstein convert some of his victims into recruiters? What were the economic
circumstances of Epstein’s Palm Beach victims?
Was there consistency across victims in what they said happened? What did the term “work” mean in
Epstein’s criminal vocabulary? How did Epstein escalate his behavior?
In conclusion, please review the distinction between pedophile and child molester.
Under definition of terms, this FBI training manual (see link below) distinguishes between pedophiles
and child molesters. Was Epstein a pedophile, child molester, or both? Use evidence to make your case.
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/14925…