Speaking truth to power : confidential informants and police investigations /

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"Domestic drug enforcement takes many forms, from the rural patrol officer who happens upon a small-scale mobile 'shake and bake' methamphetamine lab during a routine traffic stop, to the city narcotics detective who initiates a low-level buy-bust operation that nets a few hits of cra...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Dabney, Dean A. (Author), Tewksbury, Richard A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Informers > United States.
Drug control > United States.
Lutte antidrogue > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Drug control
Informers
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Police and confidential informants
  • Study methods
  • Types of informants
  • Working with informants
  • The game: the impact of community context on informant use
  • Maintaining relationships with informants
  • Benefits of working with informants
  • Pitfalls of working with informants
  • Summary and implications.

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