Ratting :: the use and abuse of informants in the American justice system /

The use of police informants in the criminal justice system presents a range of potential pitfalls. Bloom illuminates the pernicious legal ramifications that can result from the justice system's relationship to and use of informers providing insights into law enforcement techniques as well as t...

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Main Author: Bloom, Robert M., 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The use of police informants in the criminal justice system presents a range of potential pitfalls. Bloom illuminates the pernicious legal ramifications that can result from the justice system's relationship to and use of informers providing insights into law enforcement techniques as well as the Court's response to them. Law professors, criminologists, and law enforcement scholars will find Bloom's account of this much used and abused but under-reported aspect of America's law enforcement efforts both edifying and sobering.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 207 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index.
ISBN:0313013853
9780313013850
0275968189
9780275968182
1280315415
9781280315411

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