Snitching : criminal informants and the erosion of American justice / Alexandra Natapoff.
Natapoff, Alexandra.
2009
KF9665 .N38 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Snitching : criminal informants and the erosion of American justice / Alexandra Natapoff.
Author Natapoff, Alexandra.
ISBN 9780814758502 (alk. paper)
0814758509 (alk. paper)
9780814758977 (pbk.)
0814758975 (pbk.)
Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2009.
Language English
Description xi, 260 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number KF9665 .N38 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.25/2
Summary Examines the truth behind deals that police officers and prosecuters offer to criminals in exchange for information, critiquing its problematic generation of unreliable evidence, endangerment of the innocent, and compromise of police work, with a particular focus on high-crime African-American neighborhoods, and proposes new reforms for the American justice system.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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