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Confidential Informants
Jon Shane
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Description for Confidential Informants
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Num Pages: 112 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKVF; JMBT; LNFX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 219.
While confidential informants (CI’s) can play a crucial role in police investigations, they also have the potential to cause great harm if they are dishonest. The process by which police agencies qualify a CI to work and the strength of agency policy may be the source of the problem. This Brief examines the integrity problem involving CIs in police operations within the United States, provides an overview of pitfalls and problems related to veracity and informant integrity including the difficulties in detecting when a CI is lying, and compares the provisions of actual published police policy to the model CI policy published by ... Read more
The Brief provides policy recommendations for improving use of CIs that can potentially reduce or eliminate integrity problems that can lead to organizational accidents such as wrongful arrests and convictions, injuries or deaths. Some Courts have issued measures to ensure that information received from CIs is reliable by examining sworn testimony and documents related to their work. However, as this Brief explores, this judicial effort arises only after a police operation has taken place, and the use of force – even deadly force—has already been employed. The author proposes integrity testing beforehand, which would allow police to have a greater understanding of a CI’s motivation, ability and veracity when conducting law enforcement operations. In addition, there are aspects of police policy that can enhance CI management such as training, supervision and entrapment that can further guard against integrity problems. Although integrity testing is not flawless, it does interpose an additional step in the CI management process that can help guard against wrongful conviction and perjury that harms the judicial process. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Criminology
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319222516
SKU
V9783319222516
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Ref
99-15
About Jon Shane
Jon M. Shane is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration. He retired from the Newark Police Department after 20 years at the rank of captain. Dr. Shane has published in leading criminal justice and policing, including Crime Science, Journal of Criminal Justice,Justice Quarterly, Policing: An International Journal of Strategies and Management,and Police Practice and Research. ... Read more
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