Informants and Undercover Investigations: A Practical Guide to Law, Policy, and ProcedureInformants are an invaluable, often instrumental aspect of criminal investigations, but they do present certain management issues. In the necessarily clandestine world they inhabit, the imposition of institutional control presents unique challenges. Lack of training and communication among law enforcement professionals tend to ensure the same error |
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Contents
Chapter 1 Informants and Sources Defined | 1 |
Chapter 2 Motivations to Cooperate as an Informant | 19 |
Chapter 3 Recruiting Informants | 43 |
Chapter 4 Sources of Compensation for Informants | 63 |
Chapter 5 Cooperation and Contingency Fee Agreements | 87 |
Chapter 6 Informant Documentation and Identification | 115 |
Chapter 7 Undercover Purchases of Evidence by Informants and Probable Cause | 141 |
Chapter 8 Corroboration of Informant Information | 171 |
Chapter 11 The Witness Security Program | 261 |
Appendix I The Attorney General Guidelines Regarding the Use of Confidential Informants | 291 |
Appendix II The Attorney General Guidelines on Federal Bureau of Investigation Undercover Operations | 319 |
9425 Informants | 339 |
Chapter 66 Subsection Chapter 661 6612 Confidential Sources | 355 |
Appendix V Example of Local Law Enforcement Policy Statement on Informant Handling | 387 |
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Back cover | 409 |
Chapter 9 Informants and Electronic Surveillance | 201 |
Chapter 10 Controlling the Informant | 221 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Informants and Undercover Investigations: A Practical Guide to Law, Policy, and Procedure Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations |
| Author | Dennis G. Fitzgerald |
| Publisher | CRC Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 084930413X, 9780849304132 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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