Description
Book SynopsisDespite the central role of informants in contemporary police operations, little is known about the shadowy relationships among law enforcement, snitches, and offenders. Based on fieldwork in two major metropolitan police departments, this book takes you to the front lines of the war on drugs to unravel this complex web of information exchange.
Trade Review"An excellent work that earns its rightful place alongside other scholarly CI literature... well-written and extends the theoretical literature on CIs." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *
"The text includes a succinct review of both applied and scholarly literature that describes some historical precedent to the use of civilian informants as a source of information." * Theory in Action *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 * Police and Confidential Informants 2 * Study Methods 3 * Types of Informants 4 * Working with Informants 5 * The Game: Th e Impact of Community Context on Informant Use 6 * Maintaining Relationships with Informants 7 * Benefits of Working with Informants 8 * Pitfalls of Working with Informants 9 * Summary and Implications References Index
