| Description |
1 online resource (312 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. The Changing Nature of Undercover Work; 2. A Selective History of Undercover Practices; 3. The Current Context; 4. Types and Dimensions; 5. The Complexity of Virtue; 6. Intended Consequences of Undercover Work; 7. Unintended Consequences: Targets, Third Parties, and Informers; 8. Unintended Consequences: Police; 9. Controlling Undercover Operations; 10. The New Surveillance; Notes to Chapters 1-10; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
Providing a rich picture of past and present undercover work, and drawing on unpublished documents and interviews with the FBI and local police, this penetrating study examines the variety of undercover operations and the ethical issues and empirical assumptions raised when the state officially sanctions deception and trickery and allows its agents to participate in crime. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-272) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Undercover operations -- United States.
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Undercover operations. |
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United States. |
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Criminal investigation -- United States.
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Criminal investigation. |
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Police patrol -- Surveillance operations.
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Police patrol -- Surveillance operations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marx, Gary T. Undercover : Police Surveillance in America. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1988 9780520062863 |
| ISBN |
9780520910041 (electronic book) |
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0520910044 (electronic book) |
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0520062868 |
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0520069692 (alkaline paper) |
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9780520062863 |
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