LEADER 04123oam 2200685 a 450 001 9910953856203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798216004820 010 $a9786610315413 010 $a9781280315411 010 $a1280315415 010 $a9780313013850 010 $a0313013853 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216004820 035 $a(CKB)111087026962984 035 $a(OCoLC)614643268 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10021429 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000232743 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11239602 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232743 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10215163 035 $a(PQKB)10078078 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000757 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10021429 035 $a(OCoLC)929145000 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000757 035 $a(OCoLC)48501174 035 $a(DLC)BP9798216004820BC 035 $a(Perlego)4202616 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087026962984 100 $a20011114e20022024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRatting $ethe use and abuse of informants in the American justice system /$fRobert M. Bloom 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2002. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780275968182 311 08$a0275968189 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-195) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1 A Historical Overview of Informants -- Chapter 2 The Political Informant "A Certain Fair- Weather Friend" - The Story of Linda Tripp -- APPENDIX -- Chapter 3 The Nonexistent Informant The Story of Officer Carlos Luna -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- Chapter 4 Jailhouse Informants The Stories of Leslie Vernon White and Anthony Michael Sarivola -- Chapter 5 High- Level Informants The Story of James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- APPENDIX C -- APPENDIX D -- Chapter 6 The End of the Story -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Cases Index -- Subject Index. 330 8 $aShowing informants in a variety of contexts provides a broader picture of them, and highlights the potential pitfalls associated with their use within our criminal justice system. Police depend on insiders to prosecute the perpetrators of many of the so-called victimless crimes like drug dealing, money laundering and political corruption. As victimless crimes have grown, so has the use of informants. Providing insights into law enforcement techniques as well as the Court's response to them, Bloom illuminates the pernicious legal ramifications that can result from the justice system's relationship to and use of informers. 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. There are different kinds of informants. Some are used to infiltrate and destroy organized crime operations, and others, such as Linda Tripp, are used to investigate government officials. Informants are motivated by a variety of reasons, including financial gain, political power, elimination of competition, and avoiding criminal punishment. Some are even imaginary, fabricated by police to justify their activity. Bloom discusses each type of informer, grounding his commentary in real cases, some well known, others obscure. He then concludes by suggesting how potential and real abuses of the informant system can be curbed. 606 $aState's evidence$zUnited States 606 $aInformers$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 615 0$aState's evidence 615 0$aInformers$xLegal status, laws, etc. 676 $a345.73/06 700 $aBloom$b Robert M.$f1946-$01794750 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953856203321 996 $aRatting$94335722 997 $aUNINA