Dennis G. Fitzgerald, Simon Coffey

Informants, Cooperating Witnesses, and Undercover Investigations (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide to Law, Policy, and Procedure, Second Edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers every aspect of the informant and cooperating witness dynamic a controversial technique shrouded in secrecy and widely misunderstood. Quoted routinely in countless newspaper and magazine articles, the first edition was the go-to guide for practical, effective guidance on this tricky yet powerful tactic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040083635
• Artikelnr.: 70087789

Autorenporträt

Attorney Dennis G. Fitzgerald is a retired U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent, and a former City of Miami, Florida, Police vice and narcotics sergeant and police training instructor. During his law enforcement career, he recruited and operated criminal informants and cooperating witnesses. He also supervised investigators under his command in their operation of informants. He is currently a trial consultant specializing in criminal cases that have relied on informants and cooperating witnesses and is also an international criminal law advisor.

Inhaltsangabe

Historical Background. Informants, Cooperating Witnesses, and Sources.
Defined. Motivations for Cooperation. Recruiting Informants.
Plea-Bargaining, Substantial Assistance, and. Downward Sentencing
Departures. Documentation, Registration, and the. Confidential Source File.
Sources of Compensation for Informants. Whistleblowers: The Justice
Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodities
Futures Trading Commission. Corroboration of Informant Information.
Informants and Search Warrants. Controlled Purchases of Evidence by
Informants. Undercover Investigations: Reversals and Sting Operations.
Controlling Informants and Institutional Ethics. Witness Security Program:
Falling off the Face of the Earth. Index.