Undercover : Police Surveillance in America.

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Providing a rich picture of past and present undercover work, and drawing on unpublished documents and interviews with the FBI and local police, this penetrating study examines the variety of undercover operations and the ethical issues and empirical assumptions raised when the state officially sanc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marx, Gary T.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1988.
Subjects:
Undercover operations > United States.
Criminal investigation > United States.
Police patrol > Surveillance operations.
Opérations secrètes > États-Unis.
Enquêtes criminelles > États-Unis.
Surveillance policière.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Criminal investigation.
Undercover operations.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. The Changing Nature of Undercover Work; 2. A Selective History of Undercover Practices; 3. The Current Context; 4. Types and Dimensions; 5. The Complexity of Virtue; 6. Intended Consequences of Undercover Work; 7. Unintended Consequences: Targets, Third Parties, and Informers; 8. Unintended Consequences: Police; 9. Controlling Undercover Operations; 10. The New Surveillance; Notes to Chapters 1-10; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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