Snitching : criminal informants and the erosion of American justice /

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Examines the truth behind deals that police officers and prosecutors offer to criminals in exchange for information, critiquing its problematic generation of unreliable evidence, endangerment of the innocent, and compromise of police work, with a particular focus on high-crime African-American neigh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Natapoff, Alexandra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Informers > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Informers > United States.
Law enforcement > United States.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Lois > Application > États-Unis.
LAW > Forensic Science.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Informers.
Informers > Legal status, laws, etc.
Law enforcement.
Spitzel
Strafverfolgung
V-Mann
Rechtsstellung
Rechtssystem
Informant
United States.
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Examines the truth behind deals that police officers and prosecutors offer to criminals in exchange for information, critiquing its problematic generation of unreliable evidence, endangerment of the innocent, and compromise of police work, with a particular focus on high-crime African-American neighborhoods, and proposes new reforms for the American justice system.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 260 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441631558
1441631550
9780814759042
0814759041

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