Informers - Policing, policy, practice

Table des matières

Foreword. Preface 1. Introduction 2. Drugs, Crime and Informers 3. Law Enforcement Ethics: is principled informant handling possible? 4. Informers, Agents and Accountability: the use of human information sources by the Police and the Security Service 5. Informer careers: motivation and change 6. Gender issues of Informer Handling 7. Juvenile informers 8. Where the Grass is Greener? Supergrasses in comparative perspective 9. Managing Anonymous Informants through Crimestoppers 10. Witness Protection Schemes 11. Regulating informers: RIP A, covert policing and human rights

A propos de l'auteur

Roger Billingsley is head of the Covert Policing Standards Unit at New Scotland Yard.
Teresa Nemitz lectures at the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Loughborough University.
Philip Bean is Emeritus Professor of Criminology and formerly Director of the Midland Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at Loughborough.

Résumé

This is the first book of its kind on informers in Britain, addressing a series of key questions about informers and the informer system. As such, it is essential reading for professionals, academics and students with an interest in informers and the broader issues surrounding their use.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Philip Bean (Editeur), Roger Billingsley (Editeur), Billingsley Roger (Editeur), Teresa Nemitz (Editeur), Nemitz Teresa (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.11.2000
• EAN: 9781903240076
• ISBN: 978-1-903240-07-6
• Pages: 192
• Poids: 400 g
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit pénal, droit de procédure pénale, criminologie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Criminal investigation & detection, Criminal investigation and detection