Undercover [electronic resource] : Police Surveillance in America.

Author
Marx, Gary T. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1988.
Description
1 online resource (312 pages)

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Summary note
Providing a rich picture of past and present undercover work, and drawing on unpublished documents and interviews with the FBI and local police, this penetrating study examines the variety of undercover operations and the ethical issues and empirical assumptions raised when the state officially sanctions deception and trickery and allows its agents to participate in crime.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-272) and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
ISBN
  • 9780520910041 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0520910044 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
794663697
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