SCRUTINY OF THE BOUNTY; Using ancient laws to track down modern criminals

From: Boise Weekly | Date: April 8, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Many may view bounty hunters as an infamous artifact of a much older time--indeed, it may be surprising that they still exist at all. The fact is, however, that bounty hunting remains a legal, if somewhat dubious, career in the United States. Usually only getting media attention when they mess up on a large--and often violent--scale, the hunters (also labeled "bail enforcers," "bail enforcement officers," and "bail recovery agents") reside in a legal gray area that requires a unique knowledge and balance of both the law and the criminal mind. While the methods of tracking may have modernized, ...

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