Informants, Cooperating Witnesses, and Undercover Investigations - A Practical Guide to Law, Policy, and Procedure, Second Edition

This book covers every aspect of the informant and cooperating witness dynamic-a controversial technique shrouded in secrecy and widely misunderstood. Quoted routinely in countless newspaper and magazine articles, the first edition was the go-to guide for practical, effective guidance on this tricky yet powerful tactic. Extensively upda

List of contents

Historical Background. Informants, Cooperating Witnesses, and Sources. Defined. Motivations for Cooperation. Recruiting Informants. Plea-Bargaining, Substantial Assistance, and. Downward Sentencing Departures. Documentation, Registration, and the. Confidential Source File. Sources of Compensation for Informants. Whistleblowers: The Justice Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Corroboration of Informant Information. Informants and Search Warrants. Controlled Purchases of Evidence by Informants. Undercover Investigations: Reversals and Sting Operations. Controlling Informants and Institutional Ethics. Witness Security Program: Falling off the Face of the Earth. Index.

About the author

Attorney Dennis G. Fitzgerald is a retired U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent, and a former City of Miami, Florida, Police vice and narcotics sergeant and police training instructor. During his law enforcement career, he recruited and operated criminal informants and cooperating witnesses. He also supervised investigators under his command in their operation of informants. He is currently a trial consultant specializing in criminal cases that have relied on informants and cooperating witnesses and is also an international criminal law advisor.

Summary

This book covers every aspect of the informant and cooperating witness dynamic—a controversial technique shrouded in secrecy and widely misunderstood. Quoted routinely in countless newspaper and magazine articles, the first edition was the go-to guide for practical, effective guidance on this tricky yet powerful tactic. Extensively upda

Product details

• Authors: Simon Coffey, Dennis G Fitzgerald, Dennis G. Coffey Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Dennis G.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780367778293
• ISBN: 978-0-367-77829-3
• No. of pages: 556
• Series: Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations
• Subjects: Guides; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, LAW / Criminal Procedure, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Police law & police procedures, Police law and police procedures