Details

Subject(s)

• Undercover operations—United States [Browse]
• Criminal investigation—United States [Browse]
• Police patrol—Surveillance operations [Browse]

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Providing a rich picture of past and present undercover work, and drawing on unpublished documents and interviews with the FBI and local police, this penetrating study examines the variety of undercover operations and the ethical issues and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.

Contents

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. The Changing Nature of Undercover Work; 2. A Selective History of Undercover Practices; 3. The Current Context; 4. Types and Dimensions; 5. The Complexity of Virtue; 6. Intended Consequences of Undercover Work; 7. Unintended Consequences: Targets, Third Parties, and Informers; 8. Unintended Consequences: Police; 9. Controlling Undercover Operations; 10. The New Surveillance; Notes to Chapters 1-10; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

ISBN

• 9780520910041 ((electronic bk.))
• 0520910044 ((electronic bk.))
• 1282355678
• 9781282355675
• 9786612355677
• 6612355670

OCLC

794663697

Doi

• 10.1525/9780520910041

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