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The leading practical guide for anyone working in covert investigation, presenting clear and concise guidance to ensure that applications for covert investigations are made only in appropriate circumstances and are then undertaken with the utmost integrity.
List of contents
- Part One Managing Covert Investigation
- 1: Moral Foundations for Covert Investigation
- 2: Statutory Principles in Covert Investigation
- 3: Authorization and Governance
- 4: Understanding the Operating Environment
- 5: Managing Covert Investigation
- Part Two Law and Procedure in Covert Investigation
- 6: Directed Surveillance
- 7: Intrusive Surveillance
- 8: Interference with Property and Entry onto Land or Equipment
- 9: Covert Investigation Involving Computers
- 10: Obtaining Communications Data
- 11: Interception of Communications
- 12: Covert Human Intelligence Sources
- 13: Covert Investigation Abroad
- 14: What Does Good Covert Investigation Look Like?
About the author
Clive Harfield is Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the Thomas More Law School, Australian Catholic University. Previously he taught criminal law at the University of Wollongong, Australia; cyber security and digital investigation ethics at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia; and held a Fulbright Fellowship at Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. He has led criminal justice sector capacity-building projects in Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea, and served in the National Crime Squad of England and Wales, the UK National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, and was a BCU intelligence and covert operations manager in Warwickshire Police.
Karen Harfield is a senior executive public servant with the Australian Commonwealth Government. She has previously served with the Australian Crime Commission, the Australian Customs Service, with HM Inspector of Constabulary, as Head of Intelligence for Warwickshire Police, and in the National Crime Squad of England and Wales.
Summary
The leading practical guide for anyone working in covert investigation, presenting clear and concise guidance to ensure that applications for covert investigations are made only in appropriate circumstances and are then undertaken with the utmost integrity.
