Snitching : criminal informants and the erosion of American justice / Alexandra Natapoff.
2009
KF9665 .N38 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Snitching : criminal informants and the erosion of American justice / Alexandra Natapoff.
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ISBN
9780814758502 (alk. paper)
0814758509 (alk. paper)
9780814758977 (pbk.)
0814758975 (pbk.)
0814758509 (alk. paper)
9780814758977 (pbk.)
0814758975 (pbk.)
Publication Details
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The real deal : understanding snitching
To catch a thief : the legal rules of snitching
Beyond unreliable
Secret justice
Snitching in the hood
Stop snitching
How the other half lives : white collar and other kinds of cooperation
Reform.
To catch a thief : the legal rules of snitching
Beyond unreliable
Secret justice
Snitching in the hood
Stop snitching
How the other half lives : white collar and other kinds of cooperation
Reform.