| Description |
xi, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Drugs, crime and informers / Philip Bean and Roger Billingsley -- 2. Informers and corruption / Roy Clark -- 3. The Ethics of informer handling / Tom Williamson and Peter Bagshaw -- 4. Informers, agents and accountability / Nigel South -- 5. Informers' careers: motivations and change / Roger Billingsley -- 6. Gender issues in informer handling / Teresa Nemitz -- 7. Juvenile informers / Carole Ballardie and Paul Iganski -- 8. Where the grass is greener? Supergrasses in comparative perspective / Steven Greer -- 9. Managing anonymous informants through Crimestoppers / Bill Griffiths and Alan Murphy -- 10. Informers and witness protection schemes / Philip Bean -- 12. Regulating informers: the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, covert policing and human rights / Peter Neyroud and Alan Beckley |
| Summary |
"This is the first book of its kind on informers in Britain, providing an invaluable source of information and analysis from key authorities in the field, both academics and practitioners. The book addresses a wide range of issues relating to the use of informers, from informing in drugs-related crime and the ethics of informer handling to gender issues in informing, the use of juvenile informers, the experience of the Crimestoppers scheme, witness protection schemes and the impact on the regulation and use of informers of the Human Rights Act 1998. It will be essential reading for all those with an interest in the subject of informers."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Criminal investigation -- Great Britain.
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Informers -- Great Britain.
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Informers.
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| Author |
Bean, Philip.
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Billingsley, Roger.
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Nemitz, Teresa.
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| LC no. |
2001270881 |
| ISBN |
1903240077 (paperback) |
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9781903240076 |
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