Ratting [[electronic resource] ] : the use and abuse of informants in the American justice system / / Robert M. Bloom |
Autore | Bloom Robert M. <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
Disciplina | 345.73/06 |
Soggetto topico |
State's evidence - United States
Informers - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-31541-5
9786610315413 0-313-01385-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455766503321 |
Bloom Robert M. <1946-> | ||
Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ratting [[electronic resource] ] : the use and abuse of informants in the American justice system / / Robert M. Bloom |
Autore | Bloom Robert M. <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
Disciplina | 345.73/06 |
Soggetto topico |
State's evidence - United States
Informers - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
ISBN |
1-280-31541-5
9786610315413 0-313-01385-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780255903321 |
Bloom Robert M. <1946-> | ||
Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ratting : the use and abuse of informants in the American justice system / / Robert M. Bloom |
Autore | Bloom Robert M. <1946-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
Disciplina | 345.73/06 |
Soggetto topico |
State's evidence - United States
Informers - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
ISBN |
979-82-16-00482-0
1-280-31541-5 9786610315413 0-313-01385-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814146003321 |
Bloom Robert M. <1946-> | ||
Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Snitching [[electronic resource] ] : criminal informants and the erosion of American justice / / Alexandra Natapoff |
Autore | Natapoff Alexandra |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.25/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Informers - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
Criminal justice, Administration of - United States Informers - United States Law enforcement - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8147-5904-1
1-4416-3155-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Snitching -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Real Deal -- I. Anatomy of an Informant Deal -- II. Implications of Informant Practices -- Chapter 2: To Catch a Thief -- I. Creating and Rewarding Criminal Informants -- II. Using Informants as Investigative Tools -- III. Defendant Rights against Official Informant Use -- IV. Legal Limits: What the Government Can’t Do -- V. Informant Use in Comparative Perspective -- VI. American Informant Law -- Chapter 3: Beyond Unreliable -- I. Lying Informants -- II. Law Enforcement Dependence on Informants -- III. Juries -- IV. When the Innocent Plead Guilty -- V. The Important but Limited Role of Procedural Protections -- Chapter 4: Secret Justice -- I. Investigation -- II. Plea Bargaining -- III. Discovery -- IV. Public Transparency and Executive Accountability -- V. Informants and the Internet -- Chapter 5: Snitching in the ‘Hood -- I. More Snitches -- II. More Crime -- III. More Violence -- IV. Racial Focusing -- V. More Tension between Police and Community -- VI. More Distrust -- VII. Snitching as a Costly Social Policy -- Chapter 6: “Stop Snitching” -- I. “In the Game” -- II. Distrust of the Police -- III. Witness Intimidation -- IV. The Role of Rap and Hip Hop -- V. What Does “Stop Snitching” Mean? -- Chapter 7: How the Other Half Lives: White Collar and Other Kinds of Cooperation -- I. FBI Informants and Organized Crime -- II. Political Informants -- III. White Collar Crime and Cooperation -- IV. Terrorism -- Chapter 8: Reform -- I. Defining Informants -- II. Data Collection and Reporting on Informant Creation and Deployment -- III. Informant Crime Control and Reporting -- IV. Protecting Informants -- V. Defense Informants -- VI. Police Investigative Guidelines -- VII. Prosecutorial Guidelines -- VIII. Heightened Judicial Scrutiny -- IX. Criminal Procedure Reforms -- X. Improving Police-Community Trust and Communication -- Conclusion -- I. Governing through Crime, Governing through Informants -- II. Implications -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455113103321 |
Natapoff Alexandra | ||
New York, : New York University Press, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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