Résumé
"In January 2002, the Government of Canada passed Bill C-24, adopting amendments to the Criminal Code that included a limited criminal liability exemption scheme, providing police officers with a framework in which to commit illegal acts or omissions in the course of investigations. This thesis analyzes the socio-legal conditions that surrounded the introduction of this bold policy measure and assesses the relevance and effectiveness of the limited criminal liability exemption provisions as an instrument of public policy, within the context of organized crime investigations in Canada. The paper concludes that sufficient rationale exists for the limited criminal liability exemption, however a stronger regulatory and accountability framework is required to improve the transparency of public reporting and consolidate jurisdictional approaches to undercover policing."--Page ii.